Yep it's me again. I know i'm such a bother but the replies on here are great, i think i've learned more from you lot than anytime spent in college lol. Anyway as some of you may know i'm studying level 3 AAT and i was just wondering if the spreadsheet software module qualifies you upto intermediate level user status with Excel after completion? It's just that i've been fortunate enough to be invited and attend several interviews lately and it seems that know one really knows what level of competence is required to say that you are an intermediate level user. I've actually had people who think they are expert with the software and after explaining to me what they do with it, i've thought "Yeah i know how to do that" so it seems one persons expert level is anothers intermediate,I know i'm rambling but if any of this makes sense-would you agree with me?
Excel is one of those things that is an expected in this line of work... Pretty equivalent to the link between breathing and staying alive.
I know what you mean about people who consider themselves experts. I come accross them in every site that I work at and normally they turn out to be people who use the basic functionality a lot but never venture beyond that.
Where companies ask specifically about Excel skills they are really looking for more advanced knowledge such as Pivot tables, Lookups, a bit of Macro programming etc.
The best book bar non to pick up the skills in Excel that you will need as a financial professional is :
Excel 2007 Data Analysis and Business Modelling (isbn 978-0735623965)
On Amazon you can even have a look inside it. See here :
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Thanx for the book tips Shaun, By the way ive just aquired a copy of Frank Wood's Bookkeeping and Accounts although it's only a 4th edition copy, will this be of any help with my accounts prep.?(as was suggested to me in my post about pro-formas)
I see that Bill won on that one. (He always advises Woods, I always advise Cox. In reality there is little to choose between the two texts and it's just down to personal preference).
The Woods text is sound regardless of the version. You may find reference to some standards that have been superseded but there shouldn't be anything in there that will lead you astray.
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