Moving On magazine Careers and Qualifications for School Leavers

If you’re bright, ambitious and keen to kick-start your career, then our Higher Apprenticeship could be ideal for you. A Higher Apprenticeship is an alternative route to becoming an ICAEW Chartered Accountant. You can choose to work in Assurance/Audit or Tax - but both programmes will give you the experience, support and on-the-job learning you need to get your career ... Read More »

If you love maths, a career as an actuary working with mathematical models could be the ‘perfect 10’ job for you – but what is an actuary exactly? An actuary is a professional person who works within the business and financial sector. They use their great mathematics, statistical, probability, modelling, numerical and problem solving skills to model and predict the ... Read More »

You don’t need a degree to break into business, finance or law – check out these alternative routes… By Niamh Mackey There is a wealth of entry routes into careers in finance, most of which only require three A*- C grades at GCSE with an A or B in maths and English. If you don’t want to take A-levels, you ... Read More »

There are a variety of routes available if you want to be an accountant or a lawyer. Find out how to get into accountancy or law here. Choices The choice is not limited to full time university study. There is a wide range of job roles available in both sectors. These range from entry level positions such as purchase ledger ... Read More »

Moving On spoke found out about three young people’s routes into a finance career. One is an apprentice, one began her career in full time employment and the other is on a six-year school leaver programme to gain a paid-for degree. Amy Kirby is an investment manager’s assistant at Rathbones Investment Management in Liverpool. She is on an apprenticeship programme. ... Read More »