I suppose.
I just think accountants work long hours and it can be stressful job?
Im not sure though?
Plus its sitting in an office 9-5 at least right
I am studying bookkeeping, thoughts?
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I suppose.
I just think accountants work long hours and it can be stressful job?
Im not sure though?
Plus its sitting in an office 9-5 at least right
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You don't seem to have any idea what you want. Whilst it's totally normal not to know exactly what you wish to do the way you jump between totally random ideas makes me think that perhaps you need to lower your sights a bit. What about retail?
I don't think many succesful lawyers get into law after almost doing book-keeping 'cos its easy innit'.
I don't think many succesful lawyers get into law after almost doing book-keeping 'cos its easy innit'.
Man of Honour
£20 p/h might seem like a lot at the moment but it's potentially a bit limiting - are you living with your parents at the moment? If you are that might explain why you are finding it easy to save money from £150 a week but I don't know if that's a great long term plan - up to you though of course.
Incidentally why do you think that working from home is going to be a major option for you as a bookkeeper? If you're freelancing then most companies are probably going to expect you to actually be in their office - why would they want to let you out of the office with stacks of their vital paperwork?
Studying for a law degree (or the conversion course if you've already got a degree) can be fun but if you think that accountancy is boring then you'll probably also find the practice of law to be pretty dull - at least initially as you'll be the lowly one in the office doing the rubbish (but necessary) jobs like ensuring that the paperwork is in order, researching the relevant case law etc and if you're working at a big firm then the chances are high you'll be doing way above your nominal hours. To think that it might be less hard work or less dull suggests that you really need to consider your options rather more carefully than you apparently are - I appreciate that there appears to be lots of choice but giving it a bit of thought can't hurt.
To consider accountancy and law at the same time isn't necessarily foolish but bookkeeping isn't quite on the same level you're right.
[TW]Fox;20053797 said:
No i mean for law I woudl apply for graduate law training programs. But yeh it is more serious dedicated hard work so unlikely id do. Id like to study some law for personal enjoyment though.
Its just another idea
And you are correct I have no idea what I ''want'' to do
As for what I am good at/enjoy..
Maths
numbers
spreadsheets
computers
(accounts? at school as a subject anyway)
art
music
sports
psychology
As for what I am not good at/dont enjoy..
social/people skills (formal)
offices
9-5
meetings
presentations
long hours
serious work ethic
so put that all in a bag and see what jobs pop out lol
I dont know what I can do with my sports science degree. I like nutrition and sports nutrition but unsure reality off getting full time work in this field.
Dream job would be like sports nutrionist to someone like Andy Murray and Id just travel round world to tennis torunaments etc...and help him out.
I also like golf.
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Seriously, you've basically told us you can't be arsed to do work and that you have a poor work ethic and no people skills.
Not everyone can be a rocket scientist. Perhaps a nice simple job would be better?
Soldato
Fireman.
[TW]Fox;20053873 said:
I know I have issues.
I am intelligent (study/exam wise) but I am seriously one lazy assed socially inept mofo.
Doing something with my Sports Science degree would be fun and motivate me but I really dont see much realistic jobs here.
But if it were fun I can be motivated and have high work ethic.
I know I have issues.
I am intelligent (study/exam wise) but I am seriously one lazy assed socially inept mofo.
Doing something with my Sports Science degree would be fun and motivate me but I really dont see much realistic jobs here.
But if it were fun I can be motivated and have high work ethic.
In which case, go off and travel for a while. Or get a dead end job for a while that's easy.
After a few years re-evaluate what you want to do. No one says you have to start a career straight out of uni, I didn't did a noddy job for 3 years until I decided what I wanted to do (accountancy/corporate tax).
@OP - perhaps an idea might be to get some form of admin role in a finance dept and then see what sort of roles you think you could cope with/tolerate etc...
A few of the finance bods where I work are studying towards CIMA though their regular finance jobs seem to be fairly mundane/boring.
Perhpas you could get a general **** job in a finance dept, see how it fits you then decide whether you want to pursue book keeping. Might well be a better option than studying for it and realising you hate it.
A few of the finance bods where I work are studying towards CIMA though their regular finance jobs seem to be fairly mundane/boring.
Perhpas you could get a general **** job in a finance dept, see how it fits you then decide whether you want to pursue book keeping. Might well be a better option than studying for it and realising you hate it.
yeh thats why I was thinking bookkeeping, a job I can get quick, earn some cash and see if I like or dislike office/finance type job.
Yeh i think self employed bookkeepers work from home.
Man of Honour
Maybe we're using different definitions of what bookkeeping is but what is it that gives you the impression that bookkeepers work from home or at least that it's normal for freelancing bookkeepers to do so? Generally you'd be expected to be in whatever office you're freelancing at to process the financial transactions and do the necessary recording of them - unless you can persuade them to give you remote access and why would they do that for a freelancer?
I don't want to pour water on your fire here but if you could give an indication of why you think it's common for bookkeepers to work from home when freelancing that might help.