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Thanks JR8, at this stage PWC or one of the big four look like likely options to gain my CPA and some quality experience ! Thanks so much for your advice and detail brian_singapore ! Honestly really appreciate your time and effort ! Yeah just planning on being optimistic about the experience as a wh...

do you guys reckon it would be worth working for PWC (or one of the big four) and working for a few years and getting my CPA ?

Yeah good point JR8 ! When you worked abroad did you deal with many poeple who couldn't speak english/speak english well ? just curious :) But i presume the higher up in a company the more english is spoken i guess ? but i still needa getmy degree then find a job overseas aha (sorry for getting ahe...

yeah I want to learn a new language but not sure which would be the most helpful for jobs in the future, I know a little (literally not much) japanese, but I thought probably Mandarin or Cantonese would be more benficial ? still undecided :? I wouldn't bother myself. Unless you expect to be in a ro...

ts1978 wrote:
1. A second language (especially a less common one for an expat to speak like Thai, Vietnamese, etc)


Good luck.

Thai or Vietnamese would be easier to learn than Mandarin/japanese/korean right ?

Might try one of those

My general advice: regardless of what type of studies you pursue, is find a way to make yourself rare/unique. This is not nearly as hard as it sounds. Take a common skillset (like finance) and add to it: 1. A second language (especially a less common one for an expat to speak like Thai, Vietnamese,...

Maybe to tell my experience, as a bit of a contrast to JR8's... I relocated to Singapore after I finished my studies to begin a PhD back in 2007 (in computer science, if it matters). Apparently, I had picked a really lousy professor, and I couldn't take it for too long... quit after 7 months. Was o...

Another alternatives is, study really hard and get yourself into one of the banks' "Management Associates" program. Most of them have overseas program and many are on an accelerated career path (assuming that you are actually good in doing your job as well). They are not easy to get in, and require...

Hey statelessrich, Best of luck ! Hope you land that dream job :) Thanks for the advice Strong Eagle ! Currently planning to study a semester or year abroad while I'm at Uni to get a feel for living in a different country aswell as hopefully picking up a bit of a new langauge :) Reason for wanting a...

So quick details before my rant :P -18, AUS, just started Accounting/finance degree + love asian countries and their cultures & travelling to new places I was just wondering (preparing myself for the future here) how you guys managed to find expat jobs ? was it pure luck that you landed in the right...