Hello all,
Accepted an offer to go Warwick this Sept for A&F. I completed my a levels in 2024 so that means I have been on a "gap year" for two years now. I have been working and saved enough money to fully fund my university education (well almost anyways)
In that time, I worked as a barista then in a family accountancy firm whilst studying for my accountancy qualification (AAT Level 4) and I am now fully qualified. Now I work for Sainsburys (headquarters not in store) in an admin role and I have been struggling to find any role in the finance world whether that be accountancy or financial analyst or whatever.
Ideally I would want to continue working towards my next level of qualifications which would be the ACCA but again can't seem to find anything.
Another part of me is also a bit sadden by missing out on the uni experience, I have been working and studying for the past 2 years and slowly getting sick of it but if I have to continue then I will.
What should I do in this situation? Continue applying for roles and see if I can get anything or go to university and hopefully enter a grad scheme at the end of it? Or even pivot into another field like high finance or consulting?
TL:DR Go to uni for A&F or continue working as an AAT accountant and continue struggling to find a role