Mr. X graduated from accounting technical secondary school and worked in technology, technical service and sales for 13 years, but he still doesn't think it is suitable. He hopes to switch to accounting. Before that, he had been studying, passed the self-taught junior college and undergraduate course of business administration in a completely self-taught way, and was also preparing to take the CPA exam. But he is not sure, at the age of 35, whether he has enough capital to transfer to accounting? Or do you want to find another development?
The career planner's suggestions are:
In today's society, the demand for ordinary accountants has become saturated, but there is still a gap in the demand for middle and high-end accountants, and there is still a distance from saturation. However, the market demand and the difficulty of obtaining the qualification certificate are two different things.
First of all, as far as basic knowledge is concerned, although Mr. Zhou graduated from accounting secondary school, the frequency of elimination and updating of accounting knowledge has been very frequent in the past ten years. The accounting profession in the 1990s has not been in line with international accounting standards. Since the 2nd/kloc-0th century, China has introduced many international accounting standards, and since 2009, the examination syllabus and requirements of certified public accountants have changed greatly. Therefore, the original knowledge reserve may not work in today's job-hopping career, especially in the exam.
Then, it is about the exam. It is common that it takes three to five years to get the CPA certificate, but for Mr. Zhou, the time cost may have to be considered. The CPA examination is divided into professional stage examination and comprehensive stage examination. There are six courses in the professional stage exam, one exam a year. Considering Mr. Zhou's age, it's best to pass three courses every year and all within two years. At that time, Mr. Zhou was 37 years old, and then entered the comprehensive stage examination, after two years. By the time he got his license, he was 40 years old.
The above is the ideal design. In fact, for an "old" player who has never been engaged in the accounting industry, it is almost impossible to pass all professional examinations within two years, because professional courses, such as auditing, are quite difficult, so it is good to take them down within two years; Moreover, some professional courses can be overcome without accounting knowledge, such as tax law, which is even more difficult to attack.
So Mr. Zhou's first phase may take three to five years. Candidates who apply for this line know that if they don't all pass within five years, all their grades will be invalid and they will start over. By the time the two stages are completed, it is even more unimaginable that people have crossed forty years old for several years.
An accounting professor at Jinan University analyzed that Mr. Zhou should take the CPA qualification, not the professional title. Passing the subject examination of certified public accountants is only the first level. To get the qualification certificate, he must have professional experience. According to this, experienced accountants believe that even if all subjects have passed, it is not easy to have work experience. Past work experience cannot be transplanted to the accounting industry when you switch from sales engineer to accounting. The hard work and hard cost during the period are not counted, and the time cost alone cannot be avoided.
Final analysis: Judging from Mr. Zhou's self-study experience of obtaining a bachelor's degree in business administration, Mr. Zhou is a candidate with strong self-study ability and strong personal will. The reason for throwing cold water on him is not to make him negative, but to make him sober. Before making this decision, we must consider all kinds of unfavorable factors rationally.
By learning to change our destiny, we can consider more positive factors before the age of 25, but the older we get, the more we should consider negative factors.