03-12-2005, 01:53 AM
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial" id="quote">quote<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by shahzad</i>
<br />dear desert sleet
yeh kiaa baat hoee kay appp ko coaching mil jiay aoor appp paprs clear kar jaeen like in acca
main cima koo iss liay superior samajhtaa hoon kay without any coaching,study text and helping material we guys are attepting papers
cima`s r challenge accepters
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Pick the syllabus that interests you more because you will need a lot of stamina to get through the exams.
In long term carrer stakes the 2 qualifications are basically indistinguishable. Once you have the letters after your name your career will advance in accordance with how good you are. Almost nobody would make any sort of distinction whatsoever between the two once you are qualified.
Other points you may want to consider
1. If you want to work abroad ACCA is more well known.
2. How good is the teaching on offer for both syllabuses - ask the college you would be attending for overall pass rates on both syllabuses.
3. CIMA may merge with ICAEW (if both groups of members act for the good of the profession!) so you become a CA by the backdoor - which does win in the prestige stakes. Whereas ACCA seem to be pitting themselevs in competition with ICAEW to be the biggest
In industry the only time anyone is bothered about whether you are qualified or not is at recuitment, and then only that you qualified with a recognised body (this gives the employer some confidence in your standard of education), but the over-riding influence will be experience and personal skills. Whilst in post it is your performance that is the arbiter.
In practice most clients are totally ignorant of any distinction between the various bodies and they are only interested in that you are 'qualified'. Whether you are successful in practice, particulary sole practice, will be determined by your own personal and technical skills. Your clients will quite quickly find out if your technical skills are not good enough. Personal and inter-personal skills will largely determine your success. Personal organisational skills, sustained hard work, the ability to relate to people and to understand their problems and concerns, the ability to communicate information to them in a way they understand and above all integrity and high ethical standards will contribute to your success.
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When The Going Gets Tough ... The Tough Gets Going ...
<br />dear desert sleet
yeh kiaa baat hoee kay appp ko coaching mil jiay aoor appp paprs clear kar jaeen like in acca
main cima koo iss liay superior samajhtaa hoon kay without any coaching,study text and helping material we guys are attepting papers
cima`s r challenge accepters
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Pick the syllabus that interests you more because you will need a lot of stamina to get through the exams.
In long term carrer stakes the 2 qualifications are basically indistinguishable. Once you have the letters after your name your career will advance in accordance with how good you are. Almost nobody would make any sort of distinction whatsoever between the two once you are qualified.
Other points you may want to consider
1. If you want to work abroad ACCA is more well known.
2. How good is the teaching on offer for both syllabuses - ask the college you would be attending for overall pass rates on both syllabuses.
3. CIMA may merge with ICAEW (if both groups of members act for the good of the profession!) so you become a CA by the backdoor - which does win in the prestige stakes. Whereas ACCA seem to be pitting themselevs in competition with ICAEW to be the biggest
In industry the only time anyone is bothered about whether you are qualified or not is at recuitment, and then only that you qualified with a recognised body (this gives the employer some confidence in your standard of education), but the over-riding influence will be experience and personal skills. Whilst in post it is your performance that is the arbiter.
In practice most clients are totally ignorant of any distinction between the various bodies and they are only interested in that you are 'qualified'. Whether you are successful in practice, particulary sole practice, will be determined by your own personal and technical skills. Your clients will quite quickly find out if your technical skills are not good enough. Personal and inter-personal skills will largely determine your success. Personal organisational skills, sustained hard work, the ability to relate to people and to understand their problems and concerns, the ability to communicate information to them in a way they understand and above all integrity and high ethical standards will contribute to your success.
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When The Going Gets Tough ... The Tough Gets Going ...
