| What do the latest CIOT chartered tax advisor | | | | For people who have just passed their CTA, this |
| exam results tell us about the tax recruitment | | | | is often seen traditionally as a career crossroads. |
| market coming into 2010? With over twice the | | | | There are some good opportunities on the |
| amount of people taking the exams being | | | | market but the best place to explore initially is at |
| admitted to the institute than at the May 2009 | | | | your own firm. Will you get a pay rise or a |
| sitting, what does this mean for the successful | | | | promotion now that you have passed? What |
| candidates and for those who haven't passed? | | | | options are available for you as an existing |
| We have seen the in-house tax market pick up | | | | employee with a new qualification? The external |
| since Q3 2009, within banking and financial | | | | market is always worth exploring, if only to |
| services in particular, although we've seen | | | | benchmark your own package. |
| recruitment across a broad range of sectors. | | | | What if you haven't passed? My team have |
| We've also seen the 'Big Four' start to hire again | | | | spoken to several people who haven't passed |
| into corporate tax teams in Q4 09. There have | | | | their exams and none of these have had their |
| been fewer redundancies during the same period | | | | contracts terminated by their employers (so far). |
| and we have less people looking for jobs in tax | | | | If this is widespread, then this is good news, as it |
| who have been affected by redundancies which all | | | | will be yet another sign that confidence in the tax |
| indicates that the market is moving in the right | | | | market is improving. |
| direction. | | | | |