Which entry-level accounting job offer should I take?
Deciding between entry-level accounting positions is stressful when trying to balance career trajectory, the challenge of finding time to study for exams while working, and widespread anxiety over how hard it is to land a job with little or no experience. Graduates are left uncertain about which path will provide the right type of experience without burning them out.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Taking temporary or lower-level roles as a stepping stone and waiting for internal positions to open up
- 2pivoting to a trade career
- 3looking into temp agencies for tax season
- 4networking through school clubs, events, and LinkedIn recruiters
- 5applying broadly to internships and full-time roles
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“How hard is gonna be getting a job straight after my B.S with no experience?”source ↗
“I finish in January and Im worried because theres alot of people say they’ve been looking for 6+ months”source ↗
“A lot of people struggle to have time to study once they start work.”source ↗
“I don’t know which would be the better decision to make. Any advice on which is the better first job after graduating with degree in Accounting?”source ↗
“I am currently pivoted out of accounting entirely and doing a trade now. Masters degree with 3 yoe unable to land a job for 2 yrs so I moved on.”source ↗
Where this came up
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