Fresh ACCA graduate with no ZERO experience

#11 (**permalink**) 28-09-2010, 04:08 PM

lol A for acca grades? only have pass or fail only wat i think what he means is that he got above 67 for his F4-F9 modules hence the 1st class in OBU cert

i would recommend big 4 but for june to oct usually the vacancies are grabbed by NTU and SMU graduates who jus graduated. U can either wait until probably near dec or else you can settle for the mid-tier audit firms like BDO or grand thornton but their salary is like lower, maybe 2.4k? big 4 is at 2.7k for kpmg and the rest are about 2.6k.

Think carefully if u really want to do audit, working till 11pm is a norm, there are always other jobs out there available though, tax... corp finance...

#12 (**permalink**) 21-10-2010, 02:38 PM

i nvr heard of anyone get full As for Acca.

U win.

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Originally Posted by TruthSeeker

Hi everyone, I'm new here and am sorry to bombard you with questions with my very first post.

As above, I'm 24 years old this year. I screwed up my studies in the past(blame on my immaturity and ignorance on the importance of education) but after some serious self-reflection, i entered the course full-time in Kaplan via Mature Student Entry Route. I managed to get full "A's for all 14 exams.

What should i do next?

Should I spam my resumes to respective employers and consent to the one with the best career prospects? Should I try BIG 4 even though the chances are almost zero? I don't mind starting from scratch and I know I have to.

Is there, in any event, to any extent, that my ZERO experience can be compensated by my grades? Although I really doubt so..

Thank you so much for your valuable time!

(P.S. I was awarded BSc (1st Class) in Applied Accounting from OBU but I guess this is immaterial and not really beneficial to me.)

#13 (**permalink**) 08-12-2011, 06:36 PM

Hi there,
I'm a 20 year old accounting student, i just finished my second year. i recently heard about ACCA and well that's what i would like to be. What i want to know is if i finish my degree, is there some route i could take to qualify for ACCA or should i just change to an ACCA based course?

#14 (**permalink**) 09-12-2011, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi there,
I'm a 20 year old accounting student, i just finished my second year. i recently heard about ACCA and well that's what i would like to be. What i want to know is if i finish my degree, is there some route i could take to qualify for ACCA or should i just change to an ACCA based course?

If you are an accounting student from NUS or NTU, you can save the trouble cos ICPAS will recognize your degree for membership and practice.