I’m knee-deep into my third year working as an auditor, and that means I’ve nearly met my experience requirements to call myself a CA. By my calculations I’ll qualify somewhere around January. Over those 2+ years I’ve gained valuable experience working with clients in many different industries. The opportunity to learn is literally limitless, and [...]
Tag: Profession ↓
The best place to launch a career
September 29th, 2007 · No Comments
Category: Profession
Tags: accounting firm, career, experience, graduate, Profession, recruiting
Work-life balance: KPMG sued in Canada
September 18th, 2007 · 15 Comments
KPMG is being sued in a proposed class action lawsuit filed the Friday (paywall) before the long Labour Day weekend, citing employees were forced to work unpaid overtime hours. The lawsuit alleges KPMG employees routinely work as many as 90 hours a week to complete assignments on behalf of clients. The firm allegedly requires employees [...]
Category: Profession
Tags: corporate tax, Juroviesky & Ricci, KPMG, labour, legal, litigation, Profession
Most Chartered Accountants want interesting work above all
August 2nd, 2007 · 3 Comments
A recent CICA members survey has revealed what matters most to the Canadian Chartered Accountants who answer member surveys, and the August issue of CA Magazine highlights those findings: Chartered accountants want work that is interesting and challenging, but only if it leaves them enough time to have a life. Those are the results of [...]
Category: Profession
Tags: audit, CA, Canada, Profession, survey
Mid-tier firms offer better experience
July 19th, 2007 · 6 Comments
So says this recent story on Accountancy Age, quoting a Cantos interview with the ACCA’s head of development, Tony Osude: “If you went to one of the mid-tier firms, one of the beauties about being there is you might not be paid as much necessarily, but you have much more hands on experience. You can [...]
Category: Profession
Tags: accounting firm, experience, Profession, work
CA Magazine knows information wants to be free
July 14th, 2007 · 4 Comments
I need to commend the publication of my profession here in Canada, CA Magazine, for offering the full content of each issue online as soon as the physical copy of the issue arrives on my doorstep. There are many magazines that charge for access to their full content, but CA Magazine realizes that increased readership [...]
Category: Web
Tags: CA, information, magazine, Profession

