[Anonymous]

Hey everyone!

I post from time to time on here and read a lot of what everyone has to say about particular topics, but I have a situation that I may need a little advice on. I need to start my career in the accounting area! I graduated April of 2013 with my Bachelor’s in accounting and I have yet to land an accounting job in public, manufacturing, healthcare, or anywhere for that matter! I got so fed up with the negative results from going to interviews that I completely stopped looking and have focused on the CPA exam. Also, I have had no success with the exam thus far either. I am 28 years old, married, and have two children ages 2 and 4. I also work at a warehouse loading trucks and stacking boxes that I have had since I graduated high school. I actually started college when I turned 21 because I knew I did not want to work like that for the rest of my life. (i.e., long manual labor hours, low wage, and they try to work you 6 days a week all year). I am stuck there since I need money to pay for my family’s day to day life and I have been unsuccessful at landing any job in the accounting field because I lack “related” experience. I am located in a roughly small town that is growing in Georgia which is around 75 miles from Atlanta. I have applied to places in Atlanta, but they shoot me an email back saying there are too many local candidates for the positions. I mean I can’t relocate without having a job lined up first! I also can’t start my own business seeing that I am not licensed and do not have a lick of accounting experience besides school! I fear that the longer the gap gets between my graduation date and the upcoming months or years will make it even harder to get a job in the field. I’m sure someone out there has been in this situation before or are in the situation currently. I have invested way too much time and money in this thing to just throw my hands up and say screw it, so that is not an option. I have seen people go to the local area technical school in my town and have a job when they get out. I mean it’s nothing I want to do, but they get jobs for what they went to school for! Here I am graduated with a 4 year degree from an AACSB accredited program and came out with nothing but a bunch of debt and a bunch of No’s from employers! I can’ let my wife and kids down either because I have promised them that one day we will be able to have a better quality of life. So that being said….. does anyone have any helpful advice?