Audit & Governance Careers Advice - August 2009

  • Region Focus - Cayman Islands

    Posted on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 by CareersinAudit.comNo comments

    In the Region Focus series of articles we focus on different regions of the world and provide tips for auditors thinking about working in these areas. If you have a particular region you would like us to investigate, please let us know here . We have so far covered Russia , Greece , France , the Middle East , Eastern Europe , Spain and Australia . If you would like to know more about working in ...

  • Region Focus - France

    Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 by CareersinAudit.comNo comments

    In the Region Focus series of articles we focus on different regions of the world and provide tips for auditors thinking about working in these areas. If you have a particular region you would like us to investigate, please let us know here . We have so far covered Russia , Greece , the Middle East , Eastern Europe , the Cayman Islands , Spain and Australia . If you would like to know more about ...

  • Recession-Proof Your Career!

    Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 by CareersinAudit.comNo comments

    Max Williamson's top tips for auditors. It’s not just the pundits who were expecting a recession this year. Research from CareersinAudit.com back in January revealed that over 40% of British accountants believed a recession would hit the UK the some time in 2008. Many of those were worried about an unwelcome deceleration in career development, and others about redundancy. While such events have ...

  • Blood, Sweat, and Motivation

    Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 by Carol McLachlan for CareersinAudit.comNo comments

    Heard the one about the frog? The frog which, when dropped into boiling water, will leap to safety, but boiled up from ambient, will simply cook. A metaphor I’ve rolled out many a-time to warn accountants and auditors of the perils of insidious pressure. But taking the metaphor one step further, let’s have a look at what happens when the water in that proverbial pan cools down. Its one thing to ...

  • Building Effective Audit Teams

    Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 by Carol McLachlanNo comments

    Meet The ‘A’ Team! The venerable Audit Team. Ahhh I remember it well. From runner to senior manager , those halcyon days of being part of a congenial self-contained unit, snug in the bosom of a second family. A veritable home from home. And as a Big 4 Resource Director, I went on to create ‘designer teams’, tailor made for the job, aligning conflicting objectives, negotiating to get the best ...