12-15-2003, 08:54 PM
Well ethically speaking....you are right.....
But the sad truth is that in top firms, the decision to recruit a student is more of a Business decision then an Ethical one. There is a restriction on the number of students a partner can train at a time. (i think its 20 for a practicing FCA and 10 for ACA).....so the number of students intake is limited and almost everyone uses some reference.
I have seen hundreds of applications for 10 training positions at my firm. And almost everyone was foundation qualified and with one reference or the other. So the decision to whom to oblige is rather a Commercial decision.
A test only acts as a filter to narrow down the number......of whom usually the partner chooses the students with references from whom the firm can have more business or some client can be obliged. So no matter you act well in firm's test or not, or you passed modules in nth attempts.....if the firm wants to oblige your reference, they will take you and vice versa........ but there are exceptions as well....
As always....the world doesnt ends with the big three
Edited by - bowman on Dec 15 2003 40247 PM
But the sad truth is that in top firms, the decision to recruit a student is more of a Business decision then an Ethical one. There is a restriction on the number of students a partner can train at a time. (i think its 20 for a practicing FCA and 10 for ACA).....so the number of students intake is limited and almost everyone uses some reference.
I have seen hundreds of applications for 10 training positions at my firm. And almost everyone was foundation qualified and with one reference or the other. So the decision to whom to oblige is rather a Commercial decision.
A test only acts as a filter to narrow down the number......of whom usually the partner chooses the students with references from whom the firm can have more business or some client can be obliged. So no matter you act well in firm's test or not, or you passed modules in nth attempts.....if the firm wants to oblige your reference, they will take you and vice versa........ but there are exceptions as well....
As always....the world doesnt ends with the big three
Edited by - bowman on Dec 15 2003 40247 PM
