How to apply for CA Articleship

As we all know articleship training is an integral part of the Chartered Accountancy course. CA aspirants are required to complete at least 3 years of articleship training at a CA firm before they become certified Chartered Accountants. Articleship at any firm is a full time job.

The Big Four (KPMG, Deloitte, PwC and EY) are the four biggest professional services networks
offering audit, tax, assurance, and other legal services. Most students prefer to complete their articleship in the big four since they handle the majority of audits for companies. The big four usually prefer students who not only have got good marks but have also cleared the groups in their Erst attempt. Most times, the big four put out the application for articleship on the ICAI office notice board.

The ICAI has introduced the ICAI BoS Articleship Placement Portal - http://bosapp.icai.org/ for selection of Articled Assistants by CA Firms. You can also look for articleship opportunities on the notice board of ICAI regional offices and branch offices. Another means to apply for articleship either in the big four or any other organization is through application via email.

You can also get information about openings for articleship training from contacts and business friends. Some CA firms advertise job prospects in newspapers. Hence, CA aspirants are advised to read the newspaper regularly. You can even directly deposit your form in the offices you wish to work for and wait for the company to respond. Nowadays an increasing number of companies are advertising vacancies for articleship on online job portals such as timesjobs.com and naukri.com. Top CA Firms (http://www.topcaErms.com/) is one such portal where CA aspirants like you can look up vacancies for article training.

Articleship during the course of chartered accountancy forms the backbone of your career. These three years of articleship comes with its share of hard work and problems. Time management is the key that will help you overcome this hurdle and succeed in your journey of becoming a CA.

Now that we have a thorough understanding about articleship let us move on to understanding how to choose the right coaching. Our next chapter revolves around that subject 


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