Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Pakistan organised Talent Gymnasium, an exciting event that served as a unique platform for dual objectives of honing professional skills of finance and accounting trainees and bringing together ACCA's key employers and talented trainees in Lahore on 24 January 2011.
According to a press release of the ACCA issued here on Wednesday, the Talent Gymnasium featured a perfect mix of professional skills workshops on interpersonal skills and team skills led by Sohail Zindani and Shireen Naqvi, respectively. The workshops served as a tool for ACCA trainees to realise their potential to excel in their professional careers.
The workshops were followed by an intriguing discussion forum on 'Talent Management for Generation Y' moderated by Fasi Zaka and led by experts from private and public sectors. The panelists at the forum included Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan Limited, MCB Bank Ltd and Ernst & Young Ford Rhodes Sidat Hyder & Co Chartered Accountants.
The discussion presented a wake-up call for employers of finance professionals to embrace the career aspirations of the youngest generation and offer dynamic career routes that capitalise on their finance skills, or risk losing future talent. On answering a question on changing trends about General Y, Arif Masud Mirza, Head of ACCA Pakistan said, "When you think about seniority you tend to think of a lot of experience.
What young people have to realise is that experience comes with a certain mix of interpersonal and team building skills." He further added that the trend we see in young finance graduates today is focusing more on public practice. It indicates that they are using it as a gateway to enter into the stream and set for them a convergent approach when they think about Big Four. It also increases the chances of international mobility."
The event was attended by 175 trainees from Lahore who appreciated the discussion forum on Generation Y and skills workouts by Shirin Naqvi and Sohail Zindani. The final leg of this event is scheduled in Karachi on 27 January 2011.-PR
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