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Learning and development

Our core purpose is helping you succeed. We offer a range of learning and development options tailored to your role to help you succeed as an individual, in your team and as you support the businesses we work with.

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Experienced Professionals

Whether you’re part-qualified and looking for support to continue your studies with us, or a leader looking to enhance your skills, here you’ll enjoy coaching, mentoring, conferences, skills workshops and opportunities to develop yourself, and others. You’ll also have access to our learning portal – a one-stop shop for courses, resources, guidance and support.

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Students

We’re leading the way when it comes to raising the standard of accountancy training within the industry, and that means exceptional development opportunities for you. Whatever programme or internship you join us on, you’ll be able to put your knowledge into practice on live assignments, learning the business skills and behaviours you need to be successful.

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Professional Development

Our curriculum is delivered by our own learning experts and external providers. Additionally, senior managers, directors, and partners share their expertise to ensure you get the most out of them, and our internal coaching faculty supports employees in-house. You can also depend on our learning resources and a holistic approach that seamlessly integrates digital, data, sustainability, and EDI to build the skills as a well rounded business professional.

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Our learning culture

We design our learning with the end user in mind to provide what our people need to support them to succeed in their roles. Our design principles consider different learner styles, so that everyone can get the most out of the experience. We use engaging design approaches and technology to provide impactful learning offerings aligned to individual and business needs. Our experts carefully review and update our offerings to ensure you're getting the most out of your development opportunities at BDO.  

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Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

If you are a member of the ICAEW or another professional body with CPD requirements, it’s your responsibility to maintain your continuous professional development, however, we’ll support you all the way to meet these requirements and indeed to exceed them with our extensive and tailored learning offering.

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Career progression

Career progression at BDO can be many things; a ladder that you can climb, an opportunity to move laterally, or a way to enrich your experience and capability. From Professional Qualification support to Partner Readiness Programmes, there are a variety of career pathways within your reach. If you have the right mindset and drive, you’ll find a variety of career progression opportunities at BDO.

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hARNESSING Technology 

We empower our people to harness technology effectively by providing access to high quality on demand training resources. Committed to enhancing everyone's Digital Dexterity and helping you harness a Digital Mindset, we help you tackle common challenges whilst boosting productivity and efficiency using technology.

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Your DEVELOPMENT journey

We're focused on helping you grow and develop. Whether you're a trainee or an experienced hire, we provide the best experience possible to help you succeed. Our learning culture is focused on providing you with the tools and resources you need to reach your goals. We'll give you the autonomy to build your career in any direction you want - by immersing yourself in high quality work and providing exceptional client experiences.

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Internal mobility

At BDO, we recognise that our impact has a global reach. That's why internal mobility is becoming an increasingly important part of our learning culture. Here we'll let you explore different career options in other locations and business streams. So you can learn new skills, build your experience and start whole new career journeys, all from one firm.

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pROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

Building professional relationships is key to advancing your career and boosting your learning. These connections can be formal, such as your People Manager, Mentor, or Coach, or informal, like your 'personal boardroom' alongside the formal ones. At BDO, we know that investing in these relationships helps you gain fresh perspectives, challenge your assumptions, and develop more informed opinions.