REFLECTIONS ON RECRUITING
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Accounting profession through the eyes of a recruiter apply their skills in different industries. In South Africa, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant CA(SA), enables individuals to be exposed and granted the opportunity of a rewarding career, travelling opportunities and working in diverse sectors. Needless to say, it takes hard work and dedication for at least seven years to qualify as a CA in South Africa.
by Fred Lucas CAREER UPDATE asked Fred Lucas to reflect on his decades of experience in recruiting Accounting students. The accounting profession offers thousands of young people rewarding careers. Not only is it one of the highest paid professions, it gives many young people the opportunity to 32
| UWC CAREER UPDATE 2020
I have been involved with this profession since 1994 and have seen thousands of young people qualify as Chartered Accountants. Beside the many structural changes within the profession, there have been multiple changes from a recruitment perspective. When I started my career in recruiting trainee accountants, it was a straightforward mandate for me as the Recruitment Coordinator to hire 20 accounting students to fill trainee accountant positions. Back then, with our South African democracy still in its infant stage, race and
