24th October 2008, 02:46 PM
BAJR Host wrote:
Surely CPD is a 'good thing' because it develops new skills and refreshes old skills, and strengthens the profession generally. I imagine most professions who insist on CPD for their members have identified a connection to career progression and employment prospects for their members. If people don't undertake CPD, how can they know if it would make a difference for them?
And what does 'of no seeming benefit' mean? Those sound like weasel words. Surely the profession would have a fair idea of the benefit of CPD if everyone was undertaking it, whether IFA members or not.
Hal Dalwood
Quote:quote:That said, does it make any difference to our employment prospect? So why do something that is of no seeming benefit?
Surely CPD is a 'good thing' because it develops new skills and refreshes old skills, and strengthens the profession generally. I imagine most professions who insist on CPD for their members have identified a connection to career progression and employment prospects for their members. If people don't undertake CPD, how can they know if it would make a difference for them?
And what does 'of no seeming benefit' mean? Those sound like weasel words. Surely the profession would have a fair idea of the benefit of CPD if everyone was undertaking it, whether IFA members or not.
Hal Dalwood