"Hang out my shingle and start my own accounting firm."
Yes, a unemployable just-graduated accounting major with no CPA designation and no network can just start his own accounting firm. Stop whining, it's SO easy!(?)
Yes, a unemployable just-graduated accounting major with no CPA designation and no network can just start his own accounting firm. Stop whining, it's SO easy!(?)
Just on a 'nothing to lose' basis with no expectation of magic. And getting out the house, engaging with people who find keeping their books straight a chore and who perhaps don't have a clear idea what their financial position actually is... that bit where you have to explain the procedures and perhaps adapt them to a specific organisation's needs. Might just give the trainee accountant that edge in the letter writing.
Even if the business is an ultimate failure, the lessons learned through the process are attractive to future employers.