How do you guys job hunt?
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Celerity
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So it's just the difficulty of the work that's the problem ?
Where there too many (insert your race of choice) waiting outside of Home Depot in the morning with the signs.
That's just it, it's not hard. It's a tedious, code checking process. Big 4 CPAs have been quoted with saying the tax code is too immense even for a gifted CFO to get a bearing on, let alone master.
IDK what it is, I find audit interesting. But it is definitely the most stuff shirt, conservative part of accounting.
I've talked to tons of recruiters. Only one has shown any promise with getting me a job. I'll still talk to all of them though. What else am I doing? I'm going to start volunteering my services. We'll see how that pans out.
Did you not read my post? You need to check out major insurance companies, they are alwayyysss hiring fiance people, whether it be an analyst or actuary...
Go to indeed.com and type in fiance in the search....shit loads of jobs...
1) Lmfao!
2) No, Im just a lazy American. I dont like standing and looking eager. Or working hard for that matter. Sitting in a chair, with an occasional nap is way easier.
But you still get a an adjustment for inflation every year. My roommate worked for a federal branch and his benefits far out weighed mine working in the private sector. Pay was marginally less, but next year he gets a pay bump, following year gets another pay bump. Then step increases guaranteed. He couldn't stand the bureaucratic lazies though. He recently left to go work in the private sector at more than double his salary (he has some fancy technical degrees) and has much worse "benefits" besides monetary alone.
At my company you get a pay increase solely based on merit. Get a new job, get a raise. Stay in old job, don't get shit. Once in a blue moon they'll throw you a 1% increase for inflation. Not annually.
at least your pay is staying the same, instead of pay being the same and the medical draw from your check just goes up every year, resulting in lower wages
My medical is definitely going up. Went up $21 dollars out of pocket a month this year. I pay $161 out of pocket but have pre-existing conditions that need work all the time. Zero $ deductible.
i pay 44 bucks a week for some bullshit
no deductible, just copays
went from 25 to $30 just for an office visit
$50 now to see a specialist
I think emergency room is $100 and hospital inpatient is $1000
its going to be fun to see the bills stack up after tax season when i get my shoulder redone again
i wonder if the 3 times a week for 8 weeks of physical therapy is going to cost me $50 a visit.
no deductible, just copays
went from 25 to $30 just for an office visit
$50 now to see a specialist
I think emergency room is $100 and hospital inpatient is $1000
its going to be fun to see the bills stack up after tax season when i get my shoulder redone again
i wonder if the 3 times a week for 8 weeks of physical therapy is going to cost me $50 a visit.
endlesszeal
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I miss benefits. At my old work, it was really nice of them to give free health insurance if you averaged 25 hrs+ week. $20 co-pay, no deductibles and pay only 10% of charges. On top of that, if you qualify and opt out, they cut you a check for $400 every quarter.
Back on topic, my dad always grinds my nuts with his dumb ass quote, "it's not what you know, but who you know." True, but its annoying to hear every time he asks if I got accepted to Pharm. D. school yet.
Back on topic, my dad always grinds my nuts with his dumb ass quote, "it's not what you know, but who you know." True, but its annoying to hear every time he asks if I got accepted to Pharm. D. school yet.
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My wife works for that same 4-letter firm as an auditor, and yep it sucks. They all see it as a stepping stone kind of job... Get some experience down in the audit trenches for a later career in accounting.
Word. He starts at GS, then there, now moving on. I have a couples friends my roommate helped jobs there. One is a tax attorney with masters in accounting, law degree, cpa, etc. Makes good money but work sundays. LONG sundays.
Same Roommate just put his 2 weeks in to go work for a two name top 15 accounting company in an investment group. Same pay but 100% bonus opportunity. Always a huge stepping stone. Put in the grind, do the hard work, then shop yourself around.
Kind of like a rookie contract in football. You go out for not much risking the chance or catastrophic melt down looking for that big pay day if you kill it with better hours.
