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• Study the subjects you're confident in - it's grades more than subjects that matter
• Try and get some work experience to see whether it appeals to you
• Talk to people about the work they do
• Choose a training form that suits you

Career prospects

At the forefront of everyone's mind is salary. After all that hard work you want it to be worthwhile, not only through job satisfaction, but financially too. As a Chartered Accountant you can expect good rewards.

If successful, you gain the premier UK business qualification which can open the door to many career possibilities. It is no coincidence that some 25% of the top 500 companies in the UK have a chartered accountant as their chairman or managing director. With opportunities to work in industry or practice in the UK or abroad, the dilemma for Chartered Accountants is that of choice.

Lets hear it from the experts

This is all very well, but what do the people who know have to say? Here is just a few comments from students and newly qualified Chartered Accountants:

"I thought I wouldn't fit it in, that everyone would be hyper-intelligent, but they're just ordinary bright young people the same as me." - Stephanie Swan

"We provide a service in a competitive market and we have to be dynamic to thrive - being boring simply wouldn't be successful." - Mohammed Shafique

"Boring? Come and try my job: it 's definitely not boring - hard yes - boring, no way!" - Elspeth Dickinson

And Finally

If this has whetted your appetite, then the next step is easy. Contact the Institute of Chartered Accountants' Student Recruitment Section. They will give you information on Chartered Accountants in your area who can offer careers advice, which organisations recruit student Chartered Accountants, foundation courses, and answer any questions you may have. Just log onto: www.icaew.co.uk

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