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Paint pictures with words in your CV
05/01/2021
Evoke a visual picture of your achievements that leave a lasting memory -
Professional accountants changing business for the planet: a guide to natural capital management
01/02/2021
This five part series provides a practical guide to natural capital management for professional accountants so they can change business for the planet. -
Five essential post-pandemic skills
27/01/2021
Covid-19 has has caused huge changes in the workplace, including some must-have core skills -
Catherine Edwards, Associate Director Skills and Assessment from ACCA, explains how to use the ACCA Competency Framework in the job application process.
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Which sectors will be hiring in 2021?
12/01/2021
We explore the industries where trainee jobs, including those for new graduates, are being created in the coming year -
Sustainability based savings
27/10/2020
We take a look at three of the most common cost savings from adopting sustainability based finance -
What are the top 10 employment skills most frequently identified by researchers? Organisational psychologist Dr Rob has the answers
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Job interviews and the ‘new normal’
28/08/2020
Remote job searches and remote interviews could be increasingly important as we move towards a new normal -
The most in-demand skills
26/08/2020
In these strange times, what are the core and non-accounting skills that are top of the 'important' list? -
Why ethics must top your skill set
30/07/2020
Sharon Machado, ACCA’s portfolio head of business reporting (and formerly ACCA’s head of qualifications), takes a look at why ACCA students and university students need to enhance their professional, analytical and ethical skills -
Social and environmental issues are becoming more challenging - from climate change and species extinction to plastic pollution and increasing inequality.
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Risk management comes of age in pandemic
30/07/2020
Alastair Goddin, head of risk at Asta Capital, considers the importance of risk management teams, the need to understand developing scenarios and to expect the unexpected -
As attention turns to recovery in a post-Covid-19 world, is now the time to focus on creating a more sustainable and resilient global economy through green finance?
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Job-hunting during the coronavirus crisis
30/07/2020
It can understandably feel overwhelming looking for a job under such chaotic circumstances especially for recent graduates, but there are a few steps we recommend -
Job-hunting during an economic crisis is difficult for anybody, but particularly disheartening for new graduates and career starters
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The Sustainable Development Goals
30/07/2020
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 goals tackling major world issues agreed by 193 UN member states to be achieved by 2030. These goals include zero hunger, decent work and economic growth, and reduced inequalities. -
Ethical decision making
30/07/2020
Many business decisions have ethical elements to them. This is because of the impacts of those decisions, and the fact that outcomes are likely to affect stakeholders in different ways and will express different ethical values. For ACCA students and university students this support tool supports ...