Accountancy jobs - what's yours?

SuzieSue

persa wrote: »

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3. Join all the accountancy job groups - but not more than one a day. Space it out.

Please could you explain what you mean by this. Are ther job groups on LinkedIn?

persa

SuzieSue wrote: »

Please could you explain what you mean by this. Are ther job groups on LinkedIn?

Yes!:)

There are groups for accountants and there are specific groups for accountants looking for jobs - often by city or region.

If you join one, existing members (recruitment consultants!) may notice you joining and check out your profile to see what you can do. That's why I suggest spacing it out - if you join everything at the same time and the right people aren't watching, you've run out of tricks. Space it out (i.e. a join a group every few days) and you will more of a chance of attracting attention.

LinkedIn really is brilliant, give it a go.

zildjian

Hi guys,

When do Graduate accountancy jobs start opening for the year 2012? And where is the best place to find them listed?

MoneySavingUser

geek84 wrote: »

Have any of you used linked-in to find a job?

I was thinking of going on to individual accountancy practices websites and using the general email address 'enquiries@' or 'info@' to send my cv. Do you think that would be a good idea?

I have done this in the past - 90% of them will not reply - 9% will say they have no jobs - and you'll get a few "we will keep your cv on file" - I managed to get 2 interviews this way which is quite a low turnaround from the amount of emails I sent - one of them had been advertised in a local newspaper aswell and the other job they were undecided if they were even going to recruit someone....

I think you need to be a persons 'contact' on linkedin to get access to personal emails

zildjian wrote: »

Hi guys,

When do Graduate accountancy jobs start opening for the year 2012? And where is the best place to find them listed?

Some of them are already open - others will open within the next 2 months

websites of firms
graduate job websites
agencies
etc.

freakyogre

Hello again. I just wanted to update since my last post.

I enrolled on the AAT level 2 course and started on Monday evening. I have had two classes so far and am really enjoying it I'm still a bit worried in case I can't do it, but I think that's normal with anything new.

Thanks again to everyone for their help

MoneySavingUser

freakyogre wrote: »

Hello again. I just wanted to update since my last post.

I enrolled on the AAT level 2 course and started on Monday evening. I have had two classes so far and am really enjoying it I'm still a bit worried in case I can't do it, but I think that's normal with anything new.

Thanks again to everyone for their help

Great - good luck with it

geek84

Hi Folks

I am in a bit of a dilemma, and have had a few sleepless nights over this -

As you may already know, I am studying level 4 through distance learning. I have gone through most of the 'Osborne' book related to the Financial Statements exam. However, I still do not quite understand the last chapter, chapter 8 fully. I am due to sit the exam next Friday the 23rd.

My problem is this -
1. Do I book half day holiday from work (I have got a full time job) and sit the exam (knowing that I might fail it), but by doing so, get a general idea of the 'difficulty' of the exam, because I think there is a good chance that the same questions will be given when I do the resit (which seems most likely that I will) ?
2, Shall I cancel the exam and go through the whole book again and re-read the pages/chapters that I do not quite understand at the moment.

The problem with option 2 is that I will need to pay a cancellation fee and also the next available exam date might be a few weeks ahead. In the long run, this will delay the time period in which I can complete my AAT qualification.
By the way, ideally I want to complete the AAT course asap and go on the ACCA as soon as possible!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated (which will hopefuklly stop me from having these sleepless nights!)

silly_moo

GEEK84: What is the chance that chapter 8 is going to come up during the exam? I didn't do AAT but have almost finished ACCA and can say that I passed exams even when I left almost a whole question unanswered, worth 15-25% of points. So you don't really need to know everything to pass (unless AAT is different).

You have to work out whether it's worth it to use half a day holiday in order to avoid the cancellation fee and to get the feel of the difficulty of the exam.

purplephoenix85

Geek84: I know that the AAT pass rate is 70% this year so you will need to get 70% right from both sections... I'm not sure what Chapter 8 covers... but have you tried the AAT forums to see if you can get some further ideas from students sitting the same exam? I could answer a few questions you may have via PM, in brief however as I've sat exams for the older AAT standards, but might be able to explain things differently from a BPP point of view.

I do hope you've booked the half-day holiday for the exam as I think you're in with a good chance of passing, regardless of the chapter troubles.

Good luck!

geek84

Hi Folks

Many thanks for your advice.

I am not brave enough to take my exam at the moment, so have changed the date to 13th October - wish me luck!

After completing the AAT, I am thinking of going on to the ACCA. Is it a big jump from AAT and is it essential that I am working in an accounts role before starting the ACCA?

I was thinking if worst comes to worst, I could start the ACCA and do the first few exams by paying for myself, and then hopefully get suitable employment whereby the employer could pay for the costs. How does that sound to you?

Thank You.