Professional curiosity tbh. I've long left practice but I do itch to get back to it from time to time. I have a long held goal of going back and completing my practice certification experience (ACCA) but for now it's unrealistic as the paycut would be too vast.
Thank you for the clarity. Will let him/her know, tell them to get an Accountant, and this will definitely be the last time I send in a question on behalf of anyone but myself.
I think you may be better served trying to get experience in a firm, getting your AAT Practice Certificate and taking it from there. I know you tried previously but with there being more remote opportunities it's worth another shot in my opinion.
Echoing the sentiments of the other contributors, working for free or very cheap is a recipe for disaster. Eventually you will want this to be a viable business and when you give your all for pennies on the pound you will find it nigh on impossible to upsell these clients.
I think you may be better served trying to get experience in a firm, getting your AAT Practice Certificate and taking it from there. I know you tried previously but with there being more remote opportunities it's worth another shot in my opinion.
According to your questions you have been working in accounts for at least six years. You should have learned in that time that you shouldn't be advising friends, tell them to appoint an accountant, particularly where "A lot of potential money left on the table if wrong hence why I'm here".
Not sure why you have friends in inverted commas. Not sure what you are trying to imply there. If I was not being genuine it would take literally two minutes to create a new profile and just ask away without being 'researched'.
50% of the 10 queries that I have posted in 7 years have been for friends. Good work Colombo. Did you also notice that it was almost 4 years between my last queries.
I don't know about your community but where I am from, Accountant is seen as a catch all phrase and I'm always being asked questions. Most I can answer from either my experience or Google, but occasionally I have to navigate the minefield of snarkiness from some members of AccountingWeb.
Thank you Accountant A for your constructive input. I have tried this but the ones I have used just blow smoke up my a** which does not translate into interviews. I'll reach out to more specialist ones and hopefully get the desired results.
andy.partridge and Tim Vine thank you for responding.
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Professional curiosity tbh. I've long left practice but I do itch to get back to it from time to time. I have a long held goal of going back and completing my practice certification experience (ACCA) but for now it's unrealistic as the paycut would be too vast.
Thank you for the clarity. Will let him/her know, tell them to get an Accountant, and this will definitely be the last time I send in a question on behalf of anyone but myself.
So you are a detective, a comedian and an accountant. Triple threat!
Ok. Will do. 'Thanks'.
Maybe they are like Jordan Li in Gen V that can change genders.
Or most likely, my friend is a man and I made one mistake. Heaven forbid.
One thing I never understand about AW is the inability for people to not scroll past when something doesn't interest them .
150 odd people have looked at this and there have been 3 totally unhelpful responses, why not just scroll past like the other viewers?
I think you may be better served trying to get experience in a firm, getting your AAT Practice Certificate and taking it from there. I know you tried previously but with there being more remote opportunities it's worth another shot in my opinion.
Echoing the sentiments of the other contributors, working for free or very cheap is a recipe for disaster. Eventually you will want this to be a viable business and when you give your all for pennies on the pound you will find it nigh on impossible to upsell these clients.
I think you may be better served trying to get experience in a firm, getting your AAT Practice Certificate and taking it from there. I know you tried previously but with there being more remote opportunities it's worth another shot in my opinion.
Not sure why you have friends in inverted commas. Not sure what you are trying to imply there. If I was not being genuine it would take literally two minutes to create a new profile and just ask away without being 'researched'.
50% of the 10 queries that I have posted in 7 years have been for friends. Good work Colombo. Did you also notice that it was almost 4 years between my last queries.
I don't know about your community but where I am from, Accountant is seen as a catch all phrase and I'm always being asked questions. Most I can answer from either my experience or Google, but occasionally I have to navigate the minefield of snarkiness from some members of AccountingWeb.
My thoughts exactly.
Thank you Accountant A for your constructive input. I have tried this but the ones I have used just blow smoke up my a** which does not translate into interviews. I'll reach out to more specialist ones and hopefully get the desired results.
andy.partridge and Tim Vine thank you for responding.