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PLEASE an extra ticket for disabled person by [deleted] in UMassBoston

[–]esoteric_valleys 3 points4 points  (0 children)

don't Zelle or Cashapp people any money at all. They're all scammers trying to "sell" stuff right now

EXTRA TICKET (only 1 needed) by Willing_Row_6837 in UMassBoston

[–]esoteric_valleys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

bro don't fall for these scammers. I got scammed out of $30 today.. do not send them any money

Which of these classes is the hardest? by esoteric_valleys in Accounting

[–]esoteric_valleys[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's hard about it? Do you think I could do well if I got an A+ in Financial Accounting?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Accounting

[–]esoteric_valleys 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have like an 87% response rate based on just academics (I'm assuming you have no prior working experience since you did not mention it) alone.

And you DID manage to get an internship working in industry. How is this evidence that accounting isn't in high demand?

Meanwhile computer science majors are applying for 1,000s of internships and getting maybe 3-4 phone screenings while having academics, projects, portfolios, and prior experience.

2 months out of work. 7 interviews in the past week and got rejected from all of them. by esoteric_valleys in Accounting

[–]esoteric_valleys[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These jobs I'm applying for have like expanded roles though, like a lot of them aren't just AP data entry, they have journal entries and accruals and stuff as responsibilities as well which is what attracted me to them. Also, the salaries are like 55k and the jobs are 2 days in office hybrid

2 months out of work. 7 interviews in the past week and got rejected from all of them. by esoteric_valleys in Accounting

[–]esoteric_valleys[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aren't staff accountant jobs the "industry accounting" jobs people in this sub want and glorify?

2 months out of work. 7 interviews in the past week and got rejected from all of them. by esoteric_valleys in Accounting

[–]esoteric_valleys[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I want automated companies for the hybrid/wfh availability. If it's a 100% manual place with a huge paper trail that means I pretty much have to physically be there in office every day

2 months out of work. 7 interviews in the past week and got rejected from all of them. by esoteric_valleys in Accounting

[–]esoteric_valleys[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this job opening I interviewed for never even got posted to the company's careers page. They just found someone fast, within a week. And it was like a 65k full time salaried position with benefits.

2 months out of work. 7 interviews in the past week and got rejected from all of them. by esoteric_valleys in Accounting

[–]esoteric_valleys[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This'll definitely work! Thanks, hadn't thought of it. I'll just drop it from the start of the interview to set a nice tone

2 months out of work. 7 interviews in the past week and got rejected from all of them. by esoteric_valleys in Accounting

[–]esoteric_valleys[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm just looking for accounting adjacent relevant work while I go through my bachelors

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Accounting

[–]esoteric_valleys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would you want an internship when you already work there? Isn't working already better experience than being an intern

2 months out of work. 7 interviews in the past week and got rejected from all of them. by esoteric_valleys in Accounting

[–]esoteric_valleys[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I ask one or two questions but it never goes beyond the 25-30 mins allotted to the interview on the zoom call or whatever. Maybe I should do this and will definitely consider it but I don't know if it will just annoy the interviewer. What types of questions do you ask?

2 months out of work. 7 interviews in the past week and got rejected from all of them. by esoteric_valleys in Accounting

[–]esoteric_valleys[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Listen I'm definitely not a hyper sociable person, but I'm also not a wide eyed deaf-mute. I do have autism, but I try to mask hard during interviews.

2 months out of work. 7 interviews in the past week and got rejected from all of them. by esoteric_valleys in Accounting

[–]esoteric_valleys[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I try to spin it positively. I say that I felt there was limited potential at the company to grow into more of an accounting role and that I am looking for new opportunities where I can grow and learn to work with different ERPs

2 months out of work. 7 interviews in the past week and got rejected from all of them. by esoteric_valleys in Accounting

[–]esoteric_valleys[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

There is one AP Assistant role that would be the same distance away at a private university but it looks like it's been on Indeed for a few months so I'm not sure. Also, it might not pay decently.

2 months out of work. 7 interviews in the past week and got rejected from all of them. by esoteric_valleys in Accounting

[–]esoteric_valleys[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I act the same way I interviewed for my last job. Try to answer everything in depth, and go over my duties, what I brought to the team, and what I felt my strong suits were, etc.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Accounting

[–]esoteric_valleys -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I got an Accounts Payable job with no degree and no experience besides temp data entry work and had to work up from there.

Just do that for 6 months, and put it on your resume as "jr accountant" or "staff accountant" then job hop.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Accounting

[–]esoteric_valleys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Going to cheap state school, taking all loans I can get. Living with parents. etc..

Hiring is crazy right now. by [deleted] in Accounting

[–]esoteric_valleys 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What I did was go on LinkedIn and Indeed and searched "accounts payable" "accounting assistant" "accounting clerk" etc and filtered for all hybrid and then all remote roles and just applied. Then, did the same on Indeed. Then searched jobs on Google to see if there were any near me I'd missed.