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Wrong Actions Lead to Experience and Success

By Sherif Aryan
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Sherif is our first blogger from Egypt who is passing CMA exams after experiencing a failure. He will share his experience as a retaker who finally passed his Part 1 last June. Sherif is now preparing for his Part 2 exam. This is my first post after last week’s introduction. I hope you like it […]

Joan: Filipino CMA Exam Candidate from Dubai

By Joan D
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Joan is our blogger who took the CMA exam with a full time job, family and a young daughter. Even though she failed Part 1 on her first attempt, she didn’t lose hope. She retook and passed Part 1, and swiftly passed Part 2 afterwards. Joan’s CMA Exam Journey 1. July 18: Please Welcome Joan, […]

Submission of CMA Certification Documents

By Joan D
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Joan is our blogger from the Philippines, currently living in Dubai. First of all, I wish you and your family a happy and prosperous new year. The previous year ended swiftly, didn’t it? Was it a great year? I hope it was. Personally, last year was by far the most challenging; it was a year […]

My CMA Exam Part 2 Preparation: Sharing from Joan

Joan is our blogger from the Philippines currently living in Dubai. Firstly, I apologized if I have been quite over the passed weeks and didn’t even get the chance to update everyone on my review progress. It has been a roller coaster couple of weeks for me. I must say that this preparation for this […]

CMA for Working Moms (Part 2): What Works for Joan?

By Joan D
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Looking for insight about the CMA for working moms? Well, Joan is our blogger from the Philippines currently living in Dubai. This post is dedicated to those who failed the CMA exam. Hello! This is the second part of “studying CMA as a working mom.” If you missed the first part, please start here. What […]

CMA Middle East: Latest Trend from IMA Statistics

By Stephanie Ng
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The IMA conducted two comprehensive CMA salary surveys in 2010 and 2012 among the current and prospective CMAs in Dubai, UAE and the Middle East, together with two recent global surveys in 2014 and 2015. Here are some interesting findings: Profile of an Average IMA Member in the Middle East Based on members who responded […]

CMA Salaries in Dubai and the Middle East (with 11 Amazing Charts)

By Stephanie Ng
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Curious about a CMA salary in Dubai and the Middle East? Well, the IMA conducted two comprehensive CMA salary surveys in 2010 and 2012 among the current and prospective CMAs in Dubai, UAE, and the Middle East, together with two recent global surveys in 2014 and 2015. Here are some interesting findings: Here are the […]

CMA for Working Moms: How Joan Juggles between Work, Family, & Study

By Joan D
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Joan is our blogger from the Philippines currently living in Dubai. This post is dedicated to those who failed the CMA exam. Reality Check Most of us are working. Some may be working and are parents at the same time. And on top of that, we are CMA aspirants at the same time. Let us […]

12 CMA Exam Success Stories from My Readers!

By Stephanie Ng
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At the end of the day, it is worth all the money, sweat and tears invested in it.” Our Bloggers’ Success! Susan from Texas passed her Part 1 on her first try. She was ecstatic and thanked all fellow readers for the support, especially those who left encouraging comments along the way. She won’t have […]

Why I think I was Destined to Fail CMA Part 1

By Joan D
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Joan is one of our CMA exam bloggers, originally from the Philippines, now working in Dubai. Joan blogs for us every Wednesday. When I made the decision that I wanted to be a qualified accountant and chose the CMA path, I was ready for the challenge. Little did I know that the word CHALLENGE was […]