15th March 2006, 10:49 AM
I can see the point raised in the terms of what difference to the individual of being PIFA, AIFA or MIFA. In the circumstances outlined, if no wage increase is proposed based on membership upgrade and the individual intends on staying in the same company for the medium or long term, then there is limited reason to upgrade. However, in terms of impression within others in the profession and outside of it, it is the next step up in corporate membership. This is arguably worth paying ?10 for. It becomes increasingly worthwhile if you intend on changing jobs, or if circumstances mean that a job change is incredibly likely (short term contracts etc) as a mark of a accepted level of accreditation. The change from 'A' to 'M' is easily the best illustrated by the number of briefs which recommend that a project is managed by an MIFA, though admittedly most tag on 'or equivalent experience'. From a prospective client perspective it is more transparent and possibly more influential to point towards a register which has been provided from an external source than to provide a CV.
Of the Clan Sutton
Of the Clan Sutton