CHARTERED ACCOUNTANCY
Overview and trends
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ICAEW
A world leader of the accountancy and finance profession, with more than 136,000
members in over 160 countries. Our members work at the highest levels of
business, across all industry sectors around the world.
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Industry
Practice
Not for profit
Financial
services
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ACAdemic requirements
GCSEs
3 GCSEs in any subject – grade A*-C
Including Maths and English
A-levels
2 A-levels in any subjects
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Entry routes
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1 CERTIFICATE IN FINANCE ACCOUNTING
AND BUSINESS
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2 AAT-ACA Fast Track
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3 Straight from school
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4 University
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Degrees our students came from in 2010
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Employability skills – what are they?
• Communication
• Commercial awareness
Competencies
Soft skills
Key behaviours
Generic skills
Transferable skills
• Plan & organise
• Problem solve
• Team-working
• Resilience
• Client service
• Integrity
• Coach & develop
• Career minded
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Careers services we offer
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Careers fairs
Presentations
Literature
BASE national business game
Skills sessions
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Advisers@icaew.com
Training Vacancies
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A world leader of the
accountancy and finance profession
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