Is it possible for someone like me to get an accounting job?

[Senator Clay Davis]

When I was (and still sort of am) going through the BADM program at SAIT, its kind of strange of the students breakdown, but it was usually people around my age or people in their 40's. With the accelerated programs they have now, anyone can go from nothing to designation ready in 24-36 months. A lot of work no doubt, but it can be done.

[First Lady]

Was going to resist, but thread seems incomplete without this...


Contains swear.

NSFW!

[Rathji]

I went back to school at 28, got married had 3 kids and finally finished 6 years later. Was totally worth it, as I am not doing something I love where the starting income was almost the same as my previous maximum income, YMMV of course.

Originally Posted by First Lady

All evidence has been destoyed... LOL

It was late 70's early 80's... Just think Olivia Newton-John ... spandex ...

There are a couple of pics like that on my Facebook.

Liar.

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by Rathji

Liar.

Send me message on FB and I will send you linkie poo.

Edit to add:

I just checked album is called "A long, long, long time ago" and it is marked to be visible to all friends; you should be able to see it.

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by First Lady

Send me message on FB and I will send you linkie poo.

Edit to add:

I just checked album is called "A long, long, long time ago" and it is marked to be visible to all friends; you should be able to see it.

ok, fine you are not a liar, I just suck at Facebook stalking.

[Language]

I'm a CA and recently left a public practise big-4 firm. From my experience and seeing the new hires every September - October, there were definitely people in the 25-27+ category being hired full time.

As a poster in this thread mentioned, if you're an articling student, one of the most important things is social skills as you'll be interacting lots with clients. If you can show in your interview that you are outgoing, well-spoken, polite and articulate, there should be no reason why you can't get a job, even over some 4.0 student who may not have an ounce of social skills.

If the career path interests you and your lifestyle supports it, you should definitely go for it. Two years of articling will surprisingly go by fast and you will see lots of doors open for you after you have your designation (whichever you decide to pursue).

[lazypucker]

To the OP, it's not too late to start anything (especially you are only 29). Here is my story:

When I graduated from computer engineering, I was recruited to Nortel. I thought I was the hot shat. It lasted only 10 months. Most of us got laid off because of the dot-com bust. Then I was out of a remotely-relevant job for almost 3 years. I did work for some of Canada's largest companies (Superstore, Wal-mart, Futureshop, you name it).

Not until I found a call-center job as a technical support where I was kind-of back into the tech game. I kept upgrading myself, taking networking/IT certification and business analysis/project management courses along the way. Anyways, it took another 5 1/2 years before I am back to be an IT Analyst - 12 years later from when I first started.

Anyways, the moral of the story is that it doesn't matter how you start, but where you end up matters. Keep working towards your dream.

Good luck and let us know about your journey to become a CA.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by Rathji

ok, fine you are not a liar, I just suck at Facebook stalking.

Screenshot.

[Plett25]

Originally Posted by AnonymousStranger

I have always been interested in finance and numbers and accounting seems like something I would enjoy. However, due to my unrelated education, I will probably be 31 before I even finish this CA program. Would it be even feasible for me to expect a CA-training (maybe CPA by that point) office to take me on at my advanced age and lack of formal degree in accounting? Let alone a big 4!

There are many excellent accountants with non-business BSc's and BA's. Having a different frame of reference can be a real strength in accounting.

[Rapidfire999]

CA is no more soon..well pretty much now. Maybe take a look at a different direction with accounting, CPA?