One Year In
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I've now been in my job for a full year, as of Tuesday. That's a year of experience I can claim on my resume. That's a year towards gaining seniority, a year closer to the experience requirements for accounting certifications, and a year closer to becoming a partner.
I got out of college about a year and a half ago, and I had no idea what I was doing. I didn't know how to get a job. So I signed up with a temp agency, and went from there. I got an assignment working in Excel, basically copy and pasting stuff, for about 2 days... then it happened.
In early April, 2006, I got a temporary position at a forensic accounting firm. I was very excited. Not only did I have a degree in accounting, but my concentration had been in fraud examination, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity to use it.
Of course, I had no idea what I was doing, or what the firm really did. While they do use the fraud examination skills, most of the things in this office have nothing to do with fraud, but everything to do with substantiation.
That's okay though, everything I learned could still be used as 'investigative' skills - though I had barely scratched the tip of the iceberg in school. I'm pretty sure for the rest of my life I will be on-thes-job training, learning new things and combining them with what I already know.
It's just nice to have a milestone once in a while to celebrate along the path of life. Next year will be just as exciting - I'll have enough experience to become a Certified Fraud Examiner. I'll finally be able to put letters after my name, like the pompous accountant I should be.
Stellar.
I got out of college about a year and a half ago, and I had no idea what I was doing. I didn't know how to get a job. So I signed up with a temp agency, and went from there. I got an assignment working in Excel, basically copy and pasting stuff, for about 2 days... then it happened.
In early April, 2006, I got a temporary position at a forensic accounting firm. I was very excited. Not only did I have a degree in accounting, but my concentration had been in fraud examination, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity to use it.
Of course, I had no idea what I was doing, or what the firm really did. While they do use the fraud examination skills, most of the things in this office have nothing to do with fraud, but everything to do with substantiation.
That's okay though, everything I learned could still be used as 'investigative' skills - though I had barely scratched the tip of the iceberg in school. I'm pretty sure for the rest of my life I will be on-thes-job training, learning new things and combining them with what I already know.
It's just nice to have a milestone once in a while to celebrate along the path of life. Next year will be just as exciting - I'll have enough experience to become a Certified Fraud Examiner. I'll finally be able to put letters after my name, like the pompous accountant I should be.
Stellar.
