OBJECTIVE

To equip our students with basic work-readiness skills and place them to prospective employers

INTRODUCTION

CAA is a leader in training Chartered Accountants in Zimbabwe. The academy started operating in 2011, and introduced the placement programme in 2013.Since then, CAA continued to assist students in securing places for articles within ICAZ recognized training offices. In 2014 CAA itself registered as a training office, and started recruiting students from CTA Full-Time class for articles. From 2014, CAA started organizing firm seminars, whereby equal opportunity is offered to ICAZ training firms to visit and do presentation on their recruitment process to CTA students who will be studying.

From 2015/6 the programme has been extended to ACCA and CTA Part-Time students after studying with CAA.

BENEFITS

To Training Offices

1. This platform gives firms the chance to sell themselves and improve brand popularity

2. Access to a large pool of potential applicants for articled clerkship, thereby reducing job advertising costs.

3. CAA students are completely trained in both technical and soft skills. Trained through toastmasters and BOOST Fellowship trainings.

4. Allows prospective employers to select top students directly from the CAA classes.

CAA Students

1. Given access to ICAZ training offices who are their prospective employers;

2. Insight into different kinds of employers/training offices

3. Reduced costs of visiting all prospective employers submitting CVs

4. Benefit from the CAA brand and networks

CAA

1. Maintain good relationships with corporate world and its alumni;

2. Allows CAA to continuously train students clients who are employable as we will be able to understand the needs of employers; and

3. Obtain feedback from employers on the performance of CAA graduates in the work

environment

ACTIVITIES INVOLVED

a) Organizing seminars with ICAZ accredited training offices and other organisations both in the public and private sector;

b) Coaching on CV writing through BOOST Fellowship trainings;

c) Interview coaching & providing interview feedback-CAA Client services and BOOST Fellowship);

d) Communicating with ICAZ training offices to find out if they need CVs from students, and

facilitate communications between that potential employer and the potential employees;

e) Providing recommendation letters;

f) Mentorship of past and present CAA students (CAA Directors & BOOST Fellowship);

g) CAA recruitment of CTA students for articled clerkship and

h) Assist organisations to register for accreditation to increase number of ICAZ training office

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

▪ CAA CTA Full-Time students who are not attached with any accredited training office;

▪ CAA CTA Part-Time students who are not attached with any accredited training office;

▪ ITC & APC graduates who studied CTA with CAA and

▪ ACCA students who enroll for any ACCA courses at CAA (F5-P7)

PROCEDURE

▪ Attend firm seminars- Time table available at Client Services;

▪ Submit your updated CV to Client Services email- studentaffairs@caa.ac.zw and;

▪ Apply to firms of your interest

Disclaimer

CAA does not grantee you a job, but facilitates a platform for you to meet the potential employer and it is upon you as a student to impress that employer, or to choose if it is your best fit.

Therefore, students are also advised to apply on their own and not to only rely on CAA’s

placement programme.

CAA does not do the selection process for training offices, but offers equal opportunity to all students. Therefore, training offices are encouraged to communicate with the students on their own once they receive CVs from CAA or students themselves.