Why would picking Accounting at A Level help with my career choice of being an Accountant?
I know this sounds like an obvious answer, im applying for another college and really want to get accepted and want to appear my best. Thanks for any help,
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Answer 1 :
yes
Answer 2 :
I actually work as an Accounts Assistant but I have no formal qualifications. It is possible to get a job in this profession without an A Level in Accountancy but it does make life difficult. Any job application you make will be greatly helped by a good grade in Accounts because they'll know that you know all the different points about Accounts that someone unqualified such as myself has to learn from scratch. As with most jobs, there'll still be a certain amount of necessary training but it will help you to already know what they mean when they ask you for something. It will also train you to use accountancy programs such as Sage which some people find hard to grasp (personally I thought it was relatively straight forward but I know some people struggle) and there'll be other computer programs you'll be able to learn i'm sure (I just don't know of any because I don't use them). I want to go and do a day-release course to get an Accountancy qualification because I think not only would it help me learn things that would make my job easier, but it would also make it a lot easier for me to actually apply for a new job in the future. However, if you're determined to get a job in Accountancy, I really would recommend you go and do the AAT courses at University after you've got your A-Level as that will greatly help your application too, and you'd get a lot more skills that the A-Level just won't cover. I've actually been told by a number of people that the A-Level course barely skims a lot of the required skills... On your application, it might be beneficial to mention (if that's your intention) that doing the Accountancy A-Level will help your application to University to do the AAT course and that'll definitely help in my opinion. I hope this has been helpful!!
Answer 3 :
Hiya I'm currently doing AAT accounting which seems to be the best around for a career. You can do it as home based, a college course or as an apprenticeship/work based diploma. I think you need to look at what you want to do long term, statistics A level, and business studies might be better chioces as they are a bit less specialised at this stage. You should probably go chat to a careers advisor as they will have lots of publications on careers and courses. If you go to uni though you could probably start off at a higher level on the ladder. Not sure if this will help Good luck with everything.
Answer 4 :
yes, you should do AL Accouting because it'll help you to get your basics straight before going into the more complicated stuff when you go into higher education. Or else you'll have to learn what AL students learn over 2 years, within the first semseter of uni. If you're sure you want to be an accountant, why put it off for later? If you have to learn it some day anyway, might as well learn it now when you have more time and more attention from your teachers. However, it may not be the best subject to take if you;re looking at college admissions. Depends on the degree you're applying for, but some universities don't recognise Accounting as a full blown subject (like economics, maths and sciences subjects). And just to add, if you want to become an accountant, going through the degree route is probabaly not the best way to go about it. A professional course through ICAEW or ACCA would probably be a better option...
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