Thinking about doing an apprenticeship with CIMA? There’s nothing like hearing from those who’ve been there and done that. So we asked CIMA apprenticeship graduate and Group Reporting Manager at Experian, Alex Sanderson, to share his experience. Here, he explains how he decided the apprenticeship was the right path for him.
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Video transcript
- Title: CIMA Apprenticeships Videos: Did you always know you wanted to be an apprentice
- Number of Speakers: 1
- Speaker Name: Alex Sanderson
- Speaker Designations: ACMA, CGMA
- Speaker Title: Group Equity and Reporting Manager, Experian
- Video Duration: 30 seconds
[Background music: upbeat and welcoming electronic jingle. Purple welcome page divided into 4 unequally sized sections by white lines, with the question “Did you always know you wanted to be an apprentice?” in a large pane top left, and the CIMA logo in a small pane bottom right]
[The welcome page disappears and is replaced with the speaker, a young man with brown hair standing facing the camera. He is wearing a pale blue shirt with its collar open and is wearing headphones. He is standing in front of an off-white background. The upbeat electronic music continues to play in the background. The speaker starts talking and the music reduces in volume]
“I didn't always know I wanted to be an apprentice.”
[As the speaker begins to talk a purple title panel appears showing his name, ‘Alex Sanderson’, his designations, ‘ACMA, CGMA’, his position ‘Group Equity and Reporting Manager’ and the company he works for, ‘Experian’.]
“I definitely as I went through my kind of a level process had my heart set on going to university but as I started to research that process more and understand other things that were on offer, I felt like apprentice the apprenticeship better suited my scenario and and skill set at the time.”
[The upbeat electronic background music grows louder as the speakers voice fades into the background. A black end slide appears displaying the CIMA logo in the centre of the screen. Shown below it in smaller lettering is Copyright 2021 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants. All rights reserved.]
