Take a look at why a bookkeeping career could be the perfect choice for you!
If you want a career that never goes out of fashion, can be fitted around your family commitments and has an obvious progression structure then a bookkeeping career is certainly something to consider, and now it’s even easier with Fast Track AAT Bookkeeping Training Courses available in London. If you’re stuck in a career you can’t get out of easily, then booking a week to train could mean the difference between career doldrums and a brand-new start. Here, we take a look at why bookkeeping could be the perfect career, and how easy it is to get started.
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Stand out from the crowd
Bookkeepers are always in high demand from small businesses that don’t want to or can’t afford a full accountancy service to back-room staff in major financial corporations that need more hands-on deck. Yet with the size of the job market it can be easy to be overlooked time and time again.
Holding an AAT certificate in bookkeeping is a big plus on your CV making you stand out from the crowd. Employers know that what they’re getting is a reliable employee who understands:
- Single and double-entry bookkeeping
- Preparing and processing invoices and credit notes
- Understand the use of control books and journals
- Processing ledger transactions
- Balancing a 3-column cash book
- Using computerised spreadsheets (introduction to Excel)
In fact, for many jobs it is an absolute basic requirement that you have an AAT qualification.
Qualifications matter
Does getting qualified really matter if you can do the job? Does it matter who you choose? Can you not just learn it all from a book from the library?
The answers are YES, YES and NO.
Of course it matters. Employers are faced with stacks of applications for every post so they’re going to choose the applicants who they are confident can perform. The AAT – Association of Accounting Technicians – is the UK’s leading professional body for bookkeepers and accounting staff and boasts a six-figure worldwide membership of 120,000 and is sponsored by the major chartered accountancy bodies – CIPFA, ICAEW, CIMA and ICAS. Choosing an AAT qualification shows you’re serious about your career.
Fast Track gets you earning faster
Take a Fast Track Classroom course and you could be ready to start taking on clients in just one short week. Chartered Accountants take you through the basics of bookkeeping, financial accounting practices, VAT and an introduction to Excel. These highly marketable skills are delivered in a classroom environment meaning you can access the help you need – when you need it.
Keep on going
You may only need a week to complete a Fast Track course but that’s not the end. Once you have qualified, not only can you start looking for work, you also gain the prerequisites for several other training courses including Computerized Accounting, Level 3 and 4 Bookkeeping courses, and the AAT Accounting Qualification – all of which are industry recognized and extremely employable.
What’s involved?
A Fast Track course is a classroom based course at a London training centre. All tutors are Chartered Accountants so you can be 100% sure that they know their subject material and are teaching from direct experience. Using carefully researched and tested teaching methods, your training can get you from 0 to Level 2 in just one week.
If you think it’s hard to finance your studies if you aren’t already working, then you may be pleasantly surprised to hear that interest free credit can be offered on course fees so you can spread the cost of investing in yourself.
Could it be any easier to take your career to the next level? This time next month you could be reading this blog on the commute home from your brand-new bookkeeping career in the City.
