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If you want to reach the top of any industry it is crucial to understand your choices. Tax is no exception.

At every stage of your career you need to make sure you opt for a route which suits your personality and plays to your skills. Someone who is in control of their life — knows their goals and how they aim to achieve them — will appear more confident and therefore more competent to prospective employers.

Some recruiters insist that big four experience is virtually a CV necessity nowadays. Well it is clearly an advantage but the upper echelons of the tax food chain are not the preserve of the big four trained professionals.

It can make career progression easier but you can still get to the top without it.

Competition for jobs at the big four firms is fierce but...