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Going into a new role as a graduate, the reality is you have little experience, you are unlikely to impact the bottom line in terms of business performance for some time and you are at the beginning of your career. Often graduates take one of two approaches to this –...

My view is that the assessment centre is just the start of a graduate’s journey, and their first year in the job role is crucial to their ongoing success and career development. In the fifth part of this series in which I am interviewing Mick Hood, HR Director with...

It’s better to be at the bottom of the ladder you want to climb that at the top of one you don’t! In the early stages of your career you have the opportunity to ‘test the water’ and find out what you like and dislike. A common theme speaking to many executives and...

I applied to the Corus graduate scheme, formally British Steel and now TATA Steel Europe, as it had an excellent reputation for its management training, coupled with sponsorship to attain chartered status and an employment law diploma. The sector was also interesting,...

In accountancy, you get the choice of sector, whether in practice or industry, absolutely every sector needs accountants, and so you can either specialise or move around. Each sector has its different areas of focus, regulations, accounting treatments, sales cycles....

I fell into accountancy, mainly because my father was an accountant. That fact had ensured I choose anything but accountancy for university, but after a year on an architecture course feeling like a fish out of water, not strong enough at art or poetry (yes poetry), I...