Elena works in the audit department of a practice as an audit administrator. She assists the audit teams by recording and processing audit evidence collected by her colleagues on audit assignments. As she is not one of the operational members of the audit team, she finds it quite difficult to get close to her senior colleagues who sometimes treat her as an ‘outsider’, and often fail to interact with her socially.

During a quiet period at work, Elena spends a few hours using the internet to browse job vacancies. She then submits her résumé to a number of prospective employers.

Extract of résumé:

.......... Current post and responsibilities:

Part of an external audit team, undertaking audit assignments as part of an audit team, collecting and analysing audit evidence.

.......... Reasons for leaving:

To gain more responsibility and to be better rewarded. I would also prefer to work with people who are more friendly and sociable than the people I currently work with.

What do you think about this?

I would leave out the part about the people you currently work with and just state that you are a team player and the you love to be around people who are outgoing and you are very sociable and a quick learner

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MubeenaD MubeenaD · Answer 2 · 2022-07-15T12:03:15+02:00

From the given statement ''Elena works in the audit department of a practice as an audit administrator. She assists the audit teams by recording and processing audit evidence collected by her colleagues on audit assignments. As she is not one of the operational members of the audit team, she finds it quite difficult to get close to her senior colleagues who sometimes treat her as an ‘outsider’, and often fail to interact with her socially.

During a quiet period at work, Elena spends a few hours using the internet to browse job vacancies. She then submits her resume to a number of prospective employers.

Extract of resume

.......... Current post and responsibilities:

Part of an external audit team, undertaking audit assignments as part of an audit team, collecting and analysing audit evidence.

.......... Reasons for leaving:

To gain more responsibility and to be better rewarded. I would also prefer to work with people who are more friendly and sociable than the people I currently work with.'' I think firstly Elena should talk to her senior colleagues regarding they treat her as an outsider and came to an conclusion that they are one team and colleagues and above of all they are human beings at the end of the day so they should not treat her like that. If this will not work then she should apply to other firm but she should also mention this that she tried to communicate with the current employees but due to rigidity of that office it does not happen and looking for flexible approach office.

What is audit department?

Audit department is a department within an organisation or a firm which performs internal audit.

What is audit administrator?

Audit administrator is a person who is responsible in establishment and reviewing of audit logs.

What are audit teams?

Audit teams are teams which perform audits.