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  • Do you know how to ‘talk about yourself’ in an interview?

    How do you ‘talk about yourself’ in an interview? “Tell me about yourself” – this common interview question seems simple enough, but without proper preparation can cause you to slip up. Read on to find tips on how to structure your answer.
  • How to capture the attention of your boss's boss

    There are often managers or directors within your organisation that you want to be noticed by, like your boss’s boss. However, due to their seniority, they are just a little too far out of reach when it comes to building a relationship with them. Read on to find out how to build this vital rappor...
  • 4 ways to ace your interview presentation

    Interviews can already make you feel quite nervous, but when you’re asked to also give a presentation, you can feel even more apprehensive.
  • Avoid these common interview errors

    Interviews can be stressful situations, and you can’t beat yourself up about the odd slip up here and there. However, as part of your interview preparation, it is important to understand that a lot of the mistakes people make are both very common, and easily avoided. Put simply, the more prepared...
  • The benefits of having a career mentor

    You career mentor is someone who can help you achieve your professional goals, and give you objective advice and support. If you’re ambitious about your career, a mentor can help you succeed. So why don’t you have one?
  • Have you woken up to the digital revolution?

    Change is the new norm in our digital world, and this applies as much to accounting as it does to anything else but it looks like most UK workers haven’t woken up to the fact - have you?
  • 10 tips for finding a job while you have a job

    The digitisation of recruitment and the rise of professional social media have made it far easier to hunt for a job while employed than it was a decade ago.
  • Skills that help accounting professionals succeed alongside AI

    There’s some understandable concern these days about the possibility that increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) will lead to job losses amongst accounting and audit professionals.
  • The Insider View - Moscow

    An examination of how business is conducted across the world, with local experts acting as guides.
  • How to maximise international career opportunities

    International experience is crucial for leadership development as businesses expand across the globe, but some international assignments are better career opportunities than others, research suggests. 
  • I worked on.. Launching an IT company in Indochina

    Rick Yvanovich gives an insiders view of what it is like to set up an IT company in Indochina.
  • The Insider View - Warsaw

    Local experts act as guides to doing business in Poland's capital
  • The Insider View: Johannesburg

    Johannesburg is the business hub of South Africa and, as such, its fortunes reflect the nation’s general economic conditions.
  • I worked on... turning young lives around in Peru

    AFID gave Paula Meireles the opportunity to work in Peru and help turn young lives around.
  • The insider view: Bangkok

    Financial Management examines how business is conducted in cities around the world, with local experts acting as guides, this month Bangkok
  • The insider view: Sydney

    Financial Management examines how business is conducted in cities around the world, with local experts acting as guides
  • Emerging cities: Kolkata

    Kolkata, the financial hub of East India that suffered from de-industrialisation in the 1970s, has enjoyed a comeback in recent years.
  • The insider view: Lahore

    Financial Management examines how business is conducted in cities around the world, with local experts acting as guides
  • The insider view: Colombo

    We examine how business is conducted in cities around the world, with local experts acting as guides
  • I worked on… an educational project in Botswana

    Joining the firm in London as a financial analyst, I was soon encouraged to take the CIMA qualification, which I did as I progressed through a number of analytical roles.