Reply To: The elusive search for the 'right' career

[Patte Rosebank]

@MRMcKay, it sounds like your main reasons for possibly studying Accounting are that Accounting pays well; there’s a high demand for Accountants, and that demand is expected to grow.  Those are not very good reasons, on their own.  After all, prostitution pays well; there’s a high demand for hookers, and that demand is expected to grow…

While you need to consider things like wages and demand for a job you’re thinking of training for, it’s also very important to consider the skills and working methods it involves, and whether or not they’re a good fit for your own skills and working methods.   For example, if you’re prone to severe claustrophobia and motion-sickness, then joining a submarine crew is not a wise career choice for you, no matter how much it may appeal to your sense of adventure!

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Accounting involves repetitive, detail-oriented clerical work.  The way you’re moving those long columns of numbers around, one tiny mistake in just one number can quickly lead to a huge catastrophe, as it gets spread around and included in various calculations.

How good are you at paying your bills on time?  How good are you at doing your taxes and submitting them on time?  If you’re like most of us with ADD, you’ll probably be trembling just at the *thought* of doing your taxes.

Now, think about exactly what you find so difficult about doing your taxes:

Is it all those piles of receipts you have to sort through?

Or all those picky little rules you have to follow?

Or all those pages of forms you have to fill in, strictly following all the picky little rules, and entering all those numbers correctly?

Or having to go through and double-check everything to make sure it all adds up…and having to go through everything again, if it doesn’t all add up?

Or maybe it’s all of the above?

Now, imagine having to do all those things you HATE about doing your taxes—for 8 hours a day…and for much longer than that, during tax season…

Are you REALLY sure that Accounting is the right job for you?

If it isn’t, it’s far better to find that out now, before you spend all that time, money, and effort.

Make an appointment to talk to a vocational guidance counsellor, at your local jobs centre.  They can give you more detailed information about any career changes you’re considering.  More importantly, they can give you tests, to help you determine your interests, skills (including transferrable skills), and working methods.  The results of these tests can clearly show you the jobs that would be the best fit for YOU.

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