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Posted by myaccountingtutor01 on July 11, 2007, 10:42 pm
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> The accounting world can be okay or it can be absolute hell. This
> will largely depend not on the accounting job itself (industry,
> sector, public, A/R, A/P, etc.) but rather on factors that are largely
> outside of your control. In many organizations, in order to insure
> success, you, the entry-level candidate might have to be extra
> aggressive in figuring out what the hell is going on -- something
> you're not used to being. After all, you're an accountant not a
> salesman, although those in public accounting will need to be both
> eventually. But, basically, what I'm telling you is that the people
> at your organization (including the people outside of the accounting/
> finance department) and how they run things will depend on whether
> your job is hell or if it's okay.
>
> So, to repeat, in many organizations, in order to insure your own
> success, you, the entry-level candidate will have to be incredibly
> aggressive in figuring out what the hell is going on. People simply
> won't have time to show you or tell you things in depth. SOme things
> can only be learned from years on the job -- sometimes hellish
> years.
>
> It is odd to me that many organization aren't more aggressive with
> their junior-level accountants. When I train people at my job, I'm
> the one who's aggressive with them, as I don't expect entry-level
> people really to be aggressive as they often don't know what they're
> doing to begin with without someone first mentoring them a little.
>
> The point of my story is you should try your best to figure out
> whether the people you're going to be workign with have time and/or
> are willing to mentor you. Otherwise, your job could be hell.
I know exactly what you mean. Here's a reality from my days in
college. If you are a 3.5 GPA student and you want to go into a Big 4
firm or another big company, they will expect you to hit the ground
running. They will not hold your hand and try to boost your self
confidence. When I worked for the Auditor General's office in my
state, the CPAs were way too spaced out to really teach you anything.
I guess audit programs were on their minds. Anyway, it is stressful
and frustrating. The reality of it is, what you learn from the
textbooks is not much the same when you get out in the real world.
Some colleges prepare you for the real world but some don't,
preferring for you to intern and stuff.
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