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CAI Diploma in Corporate Finance

  • 13-04-2021 7:40pm
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    johnmolloy554
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    Has anyone completed this Diploma? I’m looking at a career change and was wondering if anyone was able to shed any light on workload etc


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    ari101
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    johnmolloy554 wrote: »
    Has anyone completed this Diploma? I’m looking at a career change and was wondering if anyone was able to shed any light on workload etc

    It think was 6 weekends, 5hrs Friday afternoon-eve/Sat morning-afternoon, with two? assignments (it's been a few years and I forget exactly) and an exam, very doable, learned some interesting stuff, decent lecturers back then anyway (also remember some nice scones back when you went to lectures in person :D).

    If you listen to/attend the lecturers, set aside a bit of time for each assignment (maybe a weekend?), and do past papers as exam prep (I took a couple of days the week before the exam to do this) I think it seemed fine. I had a full time job and a normal life going on while doing it. Work gave me the 6 Friday afternoons off which helped nicely.

    I haven't made huge use of it to change my career or anything, but found it good in improving my knowledge in certain areas. My employer paid so not sure I would have forked out the money personally, given I was really there for interest, CV building and CPD box ticking, not looking to use it as a spring board for a new career. A lot of the others I met were there looking to branch out into other areas, but unfortunately I have not kept in touch myself to say whether it helped them move roles.

    If you have the cash, need the CPD and are interested it is not a bad option, but can't say how valued it will be by a prospective employer.


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