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James Price
29th November 2011
Welcometo AAT
Lisa Elsworth
AAT student member
Kent County Council
Who are AAT?
The Association of Accounting Technicians
• A professional membership body
• Qualification awarding body
• Providing qualifications for staff working at all levels of accounting and finance
• Members work in all sectors of the economy
• 120,000 members worldwide
• Vocational, skills based qualification delivered by computer based assessment
Current trends
What we’ve noticed this year
•Overall increase in students aged 15-18
•Increase in students with A levels or equivalent
•Decrease in students GCSE level qualifications
•Increase in students with a degree
•Increase in enquiries from possible career changers
Mark Nelson FMAAT, Accountant, Blake & Co
Employers and recruitment
• Employers are actively looking at apprenticeships
• Assessing the balance of their graduate intake vs school leaver intake
• Challenges to recruitment if only taken on graduates in the past
• Employers are looking to medium and long term future
• Short term – are new jobs going to be created?
Paul Donno FMAAT, Sole Proprietor Paul Donno & Co Ltd
AAT Apprenticeships
Key benefits
• Success rate for Accountancy Apprenticeships is 79.6%
• Innovative ways emerging around delivery• 3AAA’s Partnership
• Training provider lead
• Work placements
• Recognised across all sectors• Accountancy practice
• Public sector
• Commercial companies
Zeya Phillips MAAT, Owner, Phillips Accountancy & Books
The future – a few thoughts
• Longer ‘apprenticeship’ training periods
• Development of specialised technician roles, for example, Audit Technicians
• What will the future profile of graduates look like?
• Will current trends become long term changes in recruitment practices?
Ikram ul Haq FMAATAccountant, Mian & Co
AAT supporting you
• Regular careers mailing
• Who should we send it to?
• Attending more schools career events
• Working to link employers to schools
• Work with Financial Skills Partnership
• www.aat-jobs.org.uk
• What we need to know from you
• Do students like brochures?
• What resources do you use?
• Do you need to know more about careers in this field?
Myra Geater MAAT, Vodafone
from a qualified AAT member
Get in contact
James Price, Deputy Business Development Manager
t: 020 7397 3138
On-line
aat.org.uk/join
directions.org.uk/fsp/
apprenticeships.org.uk
Questions?