09-12-2009, 03:04 AM
Dear all!
As I mentioned before I got training contract for ICAEW from Ernst and Young Lahore Office and that too took a year for me to obtain. Currently I can confirm that EY Lahore office has called applications for ICAEW Training but initially only from existing ACCA Affiliates.ACCA affiliates working in EY for more that 1 year or so are not interested in taking ICAEW contract for additional 3 years because this will make their total training period about 4 years or more. So only 3 or 4 people with in EY have applied for ICAEW articles so far.
It will be very difficult for outsiders to make into EY for ICAEW at present unless you have a very strong reference, a possible route would be to apply as an ACCA Trainee and if your are lucky to join the firm then after some time apply for ICAEW training hoping that slots are still left un-occupied. People will put up large amount of cash in passing ICAEW exams and then end up unable to find an ICAEW Training contract.
Mr Kamran is rightly to say that ICAEW Training contract will very rarely be secured by students in Pakistan. Due to the scale of enthusiasum and interest in ICAEW, large amount of interested candidates will move across firms applying for ICAEW training and big firms cannot adjust everyone. Taking ICAEW articles from small firms or in the industry wont be much beneficial.
As I mentioned before I got training contract for ICAEW from Ernst and Young Lahore Office and that too took a year for me to obtain. Currently I can confirm that EY Lahore office has called applications for ICAEW Training but initially only from existing ACCA Affiliates.ACCA affiliates working in EY for more that 1 year or so are not interested in taking ICAEW contract for additional 3 years because this will make their total training period about 4 years or more. So only 3 or 4 people with in EY have applied for ICAEW articles so far.
It will be very difficult for outsiders to make into EY for ICAEW at present unless you have a very strong reference, a possible route would be to apply as an ACCA Trainee and if your are lucky to join the firm then after some time apply for ICAEW training hoping that slots are still left un-occupied. People will put up large amount of cash in passing ICAEW exams and then end up unable to find an ICAEW Training contract.
Mr Kamran is rightly to say that ICAEW Training contract will very rarely be secured by students in Pakistan. Due to the scale of enthusiasum and interest in ICAEW, large amount of interested candidates will move across firms applying for ICAEW training and big firms cannot adjust everyone. Taking ICAEW articles from small firms or in the industry wont be much beneficial.