Career Tips

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  • Top 10 Interview Tips

    Our top 10 interview tips to help you land the audit job you want.
  • Securing Your Next Position

    Andra Nastasa, 26, found her new job as a Senior Financial Auditor through CareersinAudit. Here she talks to us about how her audit career has panned out so far...
  • Communication for Auditors

    Make no mistake. Communication skills matter. They underpin all our auditing activities from eliciting information to explaining our findings to presenting meaningful deliverables.
  • The Auditor's Communication Strategy

    Listening, interrogating, understanding, translating, feeding back: whichever way you look at it, good two-way communication is critical for the auditor.
  • Competitive Skills for Audit Managers

    If you want a leg up on the other candidates when you’re on a job hunt, your best bet is to fine tune your experience and skills so that you offer the skills that hiring managers want.
  • Tips for Auditors in their 30s

    So, you have qualified as an accountant and have followed the rules for a successful start in your career. Now you’re in your 30s – what next?
  • Tips for Auditors in their 50s

    Your 50s require as much planning as any other stage of your career. Career planning doesn’t end once you hit 40. Few accountants of any age can afford to take their eye of the ball when it comes to their career.
  • Tips for Auditors in their 20s

    You are in your 20s and newly qualified as a graduate junior auditor. Congratulations! But now what? Where do you want to be in 30 years time? And how are you going to make that happen?
  • Enjoying Every Working Day

    CareersinAudit.com German Audit Manager has been working for a large US multinational FMCG company for the past two years and shares his experiences of finding his latest job. He also provides tips for auditors in their early careers.
  • BA to MBA to Auditor!

    We ask a CareersinAudit.com Chinese auditor working in Paris for some tips and advice for other recent graduates.
  • Choosing the Right Degree to Become an Auditor

    Unlike some professions it’s not essential for you to take a pre-defined educational route via university to become an audit professional, however when choosing your degree it’s important that you bear in mind how your course will help you find a job.
  • Surviving the Talent Crunch

    As the global economy goes into meltdown, with governments, economists, and financiers predicting worse to come, the market for accountancy skills is changing. So what is the 'talent crunch' that's emerging?
  • Are you Working for the Best Firm?

    Are you working in the firm most likely to deliver career fulfilment? Sarah Perrin considers the relative merits and opportunities in the big, the medium and the small.
  • How to Resign from Your Audit Job

    Resigning from an audit job, much like any job, can be a political nightmare, below we’ve compiled some top tips to help make the process as un-traumatic as possible.
  • Is it Time to Move Jobs?

    If you are working as an auditor it’s important that you regularly reflect on your job and work situation.
  • How your CV will grab a reader's attention

    With just sixty seconds to make an impact, how can you ensure your CV will grab a reader’s attention? Try showing them you’re not like every other professional auditor, writes Neil Baker
  • Using the Internet in Jobhunting

    Make sure you make the internet work for you, not against you, in your jobhunting.
  • European Accounting Qualifications Explained

    Each country in Europe has its own accounting body and accounting qualification. CareersinAudit.com asked some of its candidates to summarise the qualification process in their home country.
  • Before Accepting Your New Job

    The interview process for audit jobs can be very competitive, and it’s often tempting to accept the first job you are offered. However, sometimes it’s worth taking the time to step back and have a good think about the decision.
  • The Pitfalls & Temptations Facing 3,000 New Accountants

    Many organisations are offering high salaries and exotic travel to lure newly-qualified chartered accountants, but job-seekers need to look beyond short-term gain to whether the role will enhance their career longer-term.