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Navigating the Changing Tides: Strategic Career Planning for Accountants in Today's Market
29 Mar 2024
In today's dynamic economic landscape, strategic career planning is crucial for professionals in every field, and accountants are no exception. As the accounting profession evolves, influenced by factors such as leadership changes, shifts in...
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Tunnelled Vision - Is Your Career at Risk?
25 Mar 2024
In the world of accountancy, there's a prevalent mindset that if you put in the hours, diligently climb the corporate ladder, and stay loyal to a single firm, you're virtually guaranteed success. This belief, however, can lead many...
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Are you really on track for Promotion?
24 Feb 2024
In the fast-paced world of accountancy, professionals often find themselves engrossed in the day-to-day demands of their roles, sometimes losing sight of their long-term career goals.
As an accountant, it's essential to periodically step back...
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Rethinking Recruitment Strategies – Should you focus on where you can get Talent?
13 Dec 2023
In the ever-evolving landscape of the accountancy and professional services world, traditional recruitment strategies need to be redefined.
We are seeing a misalignment across the market. Accountancy firms' expectations for their roles are...
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Maureen Penfold, Moore Kingston Smith discusses growth ambitions following PE investment
08 Aug 2023
We recently spoke with Maureen Penfold, Managing Partner of Moore Kingston Smith, following the Top 10 accountancy firm's announcement of securing private equity funding whilst retaining its limited liability partnership structure.
We...
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What happens when you don’t make Partner?
03 Jul 2023
A common scenario that I have witnessed in recent years is when an individual at a Big 4 or Top 10 firm reaches a point in their career where the opportunity for partnership has disappeared and frustration sets in.
Most accountants have the...
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Would you trade salary over career development opportunities?
15 Jun 2023
The results from our LinkedIn poll highlighted most accountancy professionals would select a new role that offered them a wealth of career development opportunities over a significant salary increase.
It is refreshing to see that accountants have...
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Reflections of an Audit Partner in a Top 20 Firm
25 Mar 2023
We recently caught up with an Audit Partner who Adlestrop Consulting placed at a Top 20 firm, about what they have learned from their first move out of Big 4, their observations and reflections on the guidance we provided as well as advice to...
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Regulatory change vs Recession – what will have the biggest impact on your audit career?
10 Jan 2023
A recent poll we conducted on LinkedIn shows that the majority of Audit professionals believe that regulatory change within the audit market will have a greater impact on their career than a recession.
A recession is a short period of time in...
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How do you win the war for talent when 90% of employees don’t want to return to the office?
28 Nov 2022
Following a recent poll we conducted on LinkedIn focused on the appetite to increase time spent in the office, only 10% of the 2,500 who responded wanted to return to the office full time.
In recent months, the noise around a mass return to the...