A Lousy Week November 11, 2011
Posted by Audit Monkey in The Joy & Pain of Internal Audit.Tags: auditing, internal audit, Internal Audit recruitment
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Had a bit of a lousy time this week. Being doing a rather dry audit which has required the use of the little grey cells. (more…)
More Interview Woe May 29, 2011
Posted by Audit Monkey in The Joy & Pain of Internal Audit, Working Life in Britain.Tags: auditor interview questions, internal audit, interviews, recruitment, recruitment consultants
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As the two readers of this blog will be aware, my pet topics are dim auditors, dumb HR officers and plain dumb interview questions. Unfortunately, given this week’s events, this rich seam of blogging material shows no sign of abating. Audit Monkey was subjected to some inane interview questions but in particular had me beat:
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Where Does One Go? What Does One Do? May 26, 2010
Posted by Audit Monkey in The Joy & Pain of Internal Audit, Working Life in Britain.Tags: internal audit, Internal Audit recruitment, recruitment consultants
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Right, no more political posts or State of the Nation posts for the moment. Back to our ‘favourite’ topic, Internal Auditing.
Bit worried about the future this evening. My current contract is on the home stretch but I’m not quite sure where the next job is going to come from. The current run rate doesn’t bode well. I’ve had one interview recently but never received any feedback, either from the firm or recruitment agency. For another position I applied for with a well-known accountancy practice, I received an electronic rejection (don’t you just love the personal touch…) and didn’t get past first base.
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Top Ten Bad Jobs January 27, 2010
Posted by Audit Monkey in Working Life in Britain.Tags: Bad Jobs., internal audit
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I’m sitting here in reflective mood thinking what the ‘Top 10’ worst possible jobs could be. Here’s my list.
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Reasons to Be Cheerful – 1 – 2 – 3 January 20, 2010
Posted by Audit Monkey in Working Life in Britain.Tags: employment, internal audit, recruitment
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I received an e-mail from Barclay Simpson today on their assessment of the market for internal auditors in 2010. They note that redundancies have been low in the industry for 3 reasons. I’ll paraphrase them here and add my own ‘unique’ interpretation.
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