10 Common Mistakes To Avoid In Your Accounting/Finance Career!

Learn from the 10 mistakes I've made over my 15 years working in Finance.

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[sandro]

#1 1:05 Working as a bank teller to enter accounting.
#2 2:13 Not keeping up with your CPE credits.
#3 3:08 Being inappropriate on social media.
#4 3:54 Getting too friendly with your boss.
#5 4:55 Allowing yourself to be unhappy at work.
#6 6:11 Putting your career ahead of personal life.
#7 7:21 Believing your “stuck” in accounting or finance.
#8 8:10 Burning “bridges” when you leave your job.
#9 9:25 Not choosing your boss.
#10 10:05 Not sharing your career goals with your boss.

[roseballerine]

#9 is difficult to find a mentor, they always sees some of their staffs as threat to their career. Also finding time for interview is tough, company policy require as many as 3 rounds of interviews.

[javiersantiago]

For mistake #6, second example that company might (or not) prioritize family 0 as this is before number 1 anyways not the best reference. Great video!

[poonamtambe]

Thank you for sharing, amazing video 🙂

[alanwilder]

I find #6 very challenging as we are so scheduled the whole year with many deadlines to keep and over the years less FTEs who could be the your stand in e.g. while you are on vacation. Even though your head is telling you you are working to much is not easy to find the healthy balance.
Great Video, great Channel 🙋‍♂️

[demebox]

Good tips overall but I disagree with you when you said how being a teller isn't a good way of getting into accounting/finance. I was in retail banking and moved into corporate finance as a treasury analyst, it would have been harder to move into if I didn't have retail banking on my resume and to talk about in interviews.

[aishawillis]

Thank you so much for putting in the time to create these videos! Could you possibly do a video on finding accounting jobs/internships as a college undergraduate?

[DavidAning]

Quick question: based on mistake number 7, if I have been in the tax field for a while, then can I still move to other areas in accounting? (E, g. Audit or fp &a)

[jessy]

Thanks for info . I watched some of your videos and other videos to help prepare for interviews . I was able to get my starting job in accounting although quite a bit of struggle . I atleast have an idea of my career path

[sharonlee]

I think this video could have been broken down to advice when you're starting out in big 4 and when you've left big 4.

Not sure if you can choose your bosses (managers) in big 4 and not sure if you should share your career goals (like becoming a CFO since it will mean you will leave big 4 in a few years) to bosses in big 4.

[Perfectsound]

Bill, I am a Fan of you now.All those points are so true and perfect.God Bless for sharing your rich knowledge and exp 🙏🙏Love from India

[tatianaraiberg]

Thank you so much for your videos! They are very helpful and interesting!

[mujtabaali]

Hi sir, I’m currently majoring in accounting in university however my goal is to ultimately work in finance. I majored in accounting because I know that there are a wider variety of jobs with accounting and cpas have a good job outlook. Would you suggest that I switch my major to finance or keep pursuing my bachelors in accounting?

[questionresearch]

What about Accounting going into Sales Team?

[celisye]

I like #7 that happens to me over the years !! Now I am way to suck in AP manager positions not even sure how to move up ! Any suggestions for me ?

[brightdays]

Thanks for sharing the video as always!
In terms of #1, how about banker who is usually dealing with private company's credit & loan with corporate financial analysis, not bank teller?

[emmarosenthal]

I have a partial sleeve tattoo.. nothing inappropriate. Would this affect my chances of starting a career in accounting/finance?

[sufailsayed]

What should i do to get training in finance?... Which position should i choose first.... Please advice...

[rayaneben]

Hello, thank you for all this advise is treasure. I wanna start my career at kpmg Lux I want to know if I do audit of commercial and public sector or banking, can you advise me. I don't know witch one I choose. I was thinking to do audit in banking sector for work in bank after what do you think. I have actually 1years experience in audit commercial and public sector.

[rahilalabib]

Please suggest me how to grow my career ahead?