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Learning experience

Core

Calculating costs and profits

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Christine Smith
The brief

Welcome to this Springpod for Universities experience, in conjunction with the University of Liverpool. Why are you here? Well, taking the time to complete this experience will help you to understand, develop and apply your skills in a field that interests you most. Employers want to see job-ready candidates applying for their positions, and this is one way to prove that you are pro-active, dedicated, and super keen!

Over the course of the next 3-5 hours, you will learn about the Accounting, Banking & Finance Industry, and in particular; the Accountancy sector, discover vital information about the job role: Accountant, and also take a deep dive into the hard skill: Break-Even Analysis. Once you’ve completed a multiple choice quiz testing your knowledge, you’ll undertake a real-life, hard-skill targeted and industry expert-validated job simulation, complete with model answer, learning objectives, and eventual outcomes. Finish the entire experience and you’ll receive a certificate to mark your achievement - and what better way to show yourself off in front of prospective employers!

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Duration:
3-5 hours
Hard skills gained
Break-Even Analysis
Soft skills gained
Trustworthiness

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Pre-simulation

In this part you will be looking at an overview of the industry, a deep dive into the job role, and an exploration of a key hard skill that will help equip you to pursue a career in this field.

You will complete a 10 question multiple-choice quiz on this information to test your knowledge.

Simulation

In this part you will be undertaking a series of tasks that will help you understand, apply and develop your knowledge and application of the hard skill. You will also be presented with the learning objectives for this simulation.

You will also be presented with the learning objectives for this simulation.

Model answer

In this part you will be presented with a model answer for the simulation, as validated by an industry expert.

Learning outcomes

In this part you will be presented with the learning outcomes of this simulation, which you could potential use as part of your application process to a future employer.

Certificate

In this part, you will receive your certificate - proof that you have undertaken and completed this simulation.

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Industry expert

Christine Smith

Accountant

Christine Smith is an experienced Accountant, with a wide and varied career across many industries. Christine has led teams in a number of organisations, including Barclays, Asda, Morrison’s, Pets at Home and Sky. She is passionate about the customer being at the heart of decision making, as well as diversity, inclusion and equality. Christine has since built a Non Executive career within the schools and further education sector, and more recently within the business-to-business sector of cash management.

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