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I have a background in finance and 6+ YOE of professional work experience, I had to leave CA in between due to family emergency and started working (although only 1 group of CA final is left, 1 is cleared already), so can anyone provide an insight if being CA qualified is a mandatory requirement in EY and EY GDS in position of Manager in Accounting, auditing,FAAS,AWM teams etc
Would appreciate any insight, as seems HR everywhere just see degree and not the relevant work ex..
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If I knew you were asking this question, I would not hire you
Well it’s an anonymous forum, so no problem there
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No definitely do not bring this up, it will be a red flag
IME they will ask and you can say, we had a slow period but I’m back on track or you’re not getting the kind of work you want or whatever. But don’t lie.
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Honestly? I wouldnt want to work at a firm that asked about my hours
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It’s a tough one - I think lying about your hours is the wrong move unless you’ve been laid off and really need the job. Even then I’m not sure I would do it personally. Since it sounds like you don’t absolutely need to lateral, I would say something like “hours have been inconsistent and hard to come by throughout the group” or whatever to make it clear that getting more experience is part of why you want to move. Some firms will accept that and move on. Others will reject you for it and that’s their prerogative. The downside to inflating your hours (moral issues aside) is that it’s really inflating your level of experience, and if you start at a new firm that thinks you’ve worked 2000 hours a year, when really you’ve done 1500, that gap in experience will become clear pretty quickly and you may not last very long.
“I’m not getting a lot of work” will be heard as “I suck and no one is feeding me work in the hopes that I quit”
My friend, I don’t think you’re hearing me.
I left my last firm because the group was very slow for a long time and I explained that to the interviewers. Granted I’m in a practice where this kind of happens so maybe they understood more, but it didn’t feel like a block for me. I said I wanted to be at a firm with a busier practice so I could develop better skills and I felt like it landed pretty well. Ended up with multiple offers.
Just make sure you can speak intelligently about the experience that you do have and anything that you’ve worked on and your eagerness to be busy and have more work. I think as a relatively junior person it’s a common reason to make a move.