What is the annual plan of accounting skilled immigrants in Australia?

CSL requires accountants to meet one of two requirements: IELTS 7.0 (listening, speaking, reading and writing are 7.0 respectively) or to complete the "professional year" plan. This is also very important for international students who are currently studying accounting or choose to enter accounting. We have heard voices from two sides, on the one hand, from the accounting industry, thinking that we can't recruit satisfactory accountants; On the one hand, international students from China have completed their accounting studies, saying that it is not easy to find a job. What is the correct view? Actually, there's nothing wrong with it. The Australian Institute of Accountants and some large accounting firms believe that accounting students who have just graduated from universities have completed their degrees, completed the courses prescribed by the Institute of Accountants and reached associate membership. However, one is that the language communication ability in the workplace is not enough, and the other is that there is no certain practical experience; Therefore, it cannot be satisfactorily employed by the employer. In response to this phenomenon, three professional accountants associations in Australia-CA, CPA and NIA-jointly launched the "Professional Year" plan with CIAC of the Immigration Department in the second half of 2008. The specific name is Skilled Migration Interactive Project-Accounting, or SMIPA for short.

One-year SMIPA for accounting majors mainly includes counseling on workplace communication skills of accounting graduates and internship under the guidance of professional accountants, which just makes up for the above two main defects and is a bridge from school to work. When applying for skilled migration, the Immigration Department will give students who have completed SMIPA an extra 10 point. In this way, from the original scoring method of GSM, accounting graduates with basic scores of 65,438+065,438+00 (occupation 60, age 30, English IELTS 6.065,438+05, Australian degree 5) can reach 65,438+after completing their major for one year. The latest CSL high shortage technical table reconfirms the role of professional year. Accounting graduates participate in the professional year plan under the condition of skilled graduates visa. The 485 visa allows graduates to work in Australia for up to 18 months. Graduates can apply to join the professional year program after submitting the 485 visa, without waiting for the 485 visa.

The formulation of the annual plan of accounting profession also illustrates the shortage of accounting personnel in Australia from another aspect. Some people think that "accounting has been tightened", which is incomplete. If there is really a surplus of accountants in Australia, wouldn't it be the easiest way to cancel this short-term occupation directly? The establishment of the professional year plan just shows that Australia needs accountants, and it needs accountants who can go to work as soon as possible after leaving school. With this plan, it is good for the accounting industry and the international students themselves.