10-25-2019, 08:05 PM
(10-25-2019, 01:10 PM)allvia Wrote:(10-25-2019, 10:03 AM)Jenniferinfl Wrote:(10-25-2019, 09:07 AM)davewill Wrote: Have you tried public accounting firms? They do hire new grads who are working on their CPA, and that experience is gold for moving into private companies later. In the worst case, I'd suggest taking one of the administrative assistant positions and parley it into the accounting dept. At small companies, the admin staff gets to know EVERYONE, and once the accounting manager becomes aware of your background, you might find it easy to move.
I haven't been picky- I've been applying anywhere that had even an accounting contingent position. I've gone to a few administrative assistant interviews and been told I didn't have adequate experience. My resume is pretty clear, if they'd read it at all they would see that the library job I did for 5 years was essentially an administrative assistant position with pretty much the same duties. I know I've applied to a couple public accounting firms, but, even though there are a lot of jobs, there are even more applicants. For a brief while I had Linkedin platinum where you get to see how you compare to others applying for the same job. There were often 700+ other applicants for the same accounting clerk job and 20 of those people had masters degrees. I'm going to need a masters degree to be competitive for a $12 an hour accounting clerk job.. lol
When it comes to resumes it's not about what they're willing to read (resume reviewers scan, they don't read), it's about how and what you have presented - https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/10/an-examp...perts.html
That's the format that mine is in- I saw that article and used that as my template back in July. I have no more than 4 bullet points per job title and they are very focused.
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B&M State College (90 credits 3.57 GPA)
Modern States CLEP (27 credits) Analyzing and Interpreting Literature (64) Introduction to Sociology (65) Information Systems (71) Principles of Management (68) Principles of Marketing (73) Principles of Macroeconomics (70) Principles of Microeconomics (53), Introduction to Business Law (60)
Sophia(2 credits)
Straighterline (9): American Government, Western Civilizations I, Introduction to Religion
WGU (71): Organizational Behavior, Spreadsheets, Global Business, Principles of Accounting, Accounting II, Managerial Accounting, Principles of Finance, Business Strategy.. graduated Oct/2019
WGU MAcc (30) Graduated Apr 2020
121 credits earned Dec 23, 2018-Feb 24, 2020


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