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So this is a vent/rant. I hate to complain but I'm going to do it here because it's just going to cyber land, and if anyone would like to not read it go ahead and STOP reading now. If you would like to help me some constructive critisim I'm going to check back on this.
When I was 16 I needed a job, to get a job I needed a car, to buy a car I needed a job.
I'm 28 I need accounting experience, in order to get accounting experience I need to work in the field doing something accounting related, people don't/are not hiring people who do not have accounting experience already.
... ... ... How do people get any experience?! I've offered to clean windows, take out trash, vacuum, and do anything else a business needs in order for them to not pay me, and for me to just intern there and learn something so that I can use it as experience. I want to learn the field and become good at it. But there are local jobs in Colubmus, Ohio that would like you to have a bachelor's degree, a certification and 1-3 years of experience and they'll hire you part-time for $11 p/hr ... Like this is okay for someone who would be in a position of their life to be serious about accounting as a career.
Getting the degree is the easy part, pay the money, show up everyday and regurgitate information until I get a good grade, data dump, and continue into my next phase of 'learning' (i.e. term familiarization). You can not get a certification without minimum one-year experience in a specific aspect of accounting. Can't get the experience to get the certification ... without the certification.
I would need to find someone who wants me to work for them, and is willing to take the 30-45 days it may take to show me how to do the monotany of the job and I would know more than any college could teach me in years.
I'm a veteran, I'm 28, I'm in college full-time, and if anyone could work with my schedule I'm willing to work for free, and do weekends and holidays. Because I'm mature enough I know I need to commit to making the investment in my family and I's future.
And what is this 'Are you a Excel power-user' hogwash?! What? Do I know how to use VLOOKUP? Excel has over 165,000 commands that can be nested into any number of different array's or focuses. I'm willing to put money that what they consider a power-user is pivot tables and VLOOKUP/MATCH/INDEX commands, which puts you a little bit over those that can add and subtract with the program. Do I know VBS? No, do I know how to build SQL databases in Excel? No ... Because you build databases building Access or a number of other programs.
It's just frusterating because I see a ton of accounting jobs in my area, and none of them are looking at me it seems when I apply because I don't have any experience in the field and I'm down to willing to accept $ 9p/hr if they can teach me what to do. I've been superior to my mates in everything I've ever done (spare school because it's a bogus facade in my mind but I'm still an A,B,C student).
How in the world to a breach into these guys world? Some people have suggested make friends ... I snowboard, hunt, mountain bike, cycle, and a number of other activities that I've been told I'm too outgoing to be an accountant ... ... ... I don't understand some of these comments people make!! Haha FML
When I was 16 I needed a job, to get a job I needed a car, to buy a car I needed a job.
I'm 28 I need accounting experience, in order to get accounting experience I need to work in the field doing something accounting related, people don't/are not hiring people who do not have accounting experience already.
... ... ... How do people get any experience?! I've offered to clean windows, take out trash, vacuum, and do anything else a business needs in order for them to not pay me, and for me to just intern there and learn something so that I can use it as experience. I want to learn the field and become good at it. But there are local jobs in Colubmus, Ohio that would like you to have a bachelor's degree, a certification and 1-3 years of experience and they'll hire you part-time for $11 p/hr ... Like this is okay for someone who would be in a position of their life to be serious about accounting as a career.
Getting the degree is the easy part, pay the money, show up everyday and regurgitate information until I get a good grade, data dump, and continue into my next phase of 'learning' (i.e. term familiarization). You can not get a certification without minimum one-year experience in a specific aspect of accounting. Can't get the experience to get the certification ... without the certification.
I would need to find someone who wants me to work for them, and is willing to take the 30-45 days it may take to show me how to do the monotany of the job and I would know more than any college could teach me in years.
I'm a veteran, I'm 28, I'm in college full-time, and if anyone could work with my schedule I'm willing to work for free, and do weekends and holidays. Because I'm mature enough I know I need to commit to making the investment in my family and I's future.
And what is this 'Are you a Excel power-user' hogwash?! What? Do I know how to use VLOOKUP? Excel has over 165,000 commands that can be nested into any number of different array's or focuses. I'm willing to put money that what they consider a power-user is pivot tables and VLOOKUP/MATCH/INDEX commands, which puts you a little bit over those that can add and subtract with the program. Do I know VBS? No, do I know how to build SQL databases in Excel? No ... Because you build databases building Access or a number of other programs.
It's just frusterating because I see a ton of accounting jobs in my area, and none of them are looking at me it seems when I apply because I don't have any experience in the field and I'm down to willing to accept $ 9p/hr if they can teach me what to do. I've been superior to my mates in everything I've ever done (spare school because it's a bogus facade in my mind but I'm still an A,B,C student).
How in the world to a breach into these guys world? Some people have suggested make friends ... I snowboard, hunt, mountain bike, cycle, and a number of other activities that I've been told I'm too outgoing to be an accountant ... ... ... I don't understand some of these comments people make!! Haha FML