Getting a foot in the door?

I've been signed off on my portfolio today for technician level, just got to wait for my DFS results now.
I've been trying to get interviews for some time now for anything to do with finance (ideally I would love to work in practise but i'm not silly and know its hard to get into even without factoring in lack of work experience). Is it just a case of offering to do work experience for no financial reward to gain that mark you can add to your CV so that they can see you are able?
I've been trying to get interviews for some time now for anything to do with finance (ideally I would love to work in practise but i'm not silly and know its hard to get into even without factoring in lack of work experience). Is it just a case of offering to do work experience for no financial reward to gain that mark you can add to your CV so that they can see you are able?
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Katrina
Good Luck
Vic
I can completely empathise with your situation, as mine is very similar. Luckily I've managed to find some voluntary work as the treasurer of a local community centre where I am using a self-created Microsoft Excel accounting system to do the company's bookkeeping, expediting overdue credit orders and monitoring the centre's expenditure of grant funding, which might help me sneak my way into an accounts position, but it's very tough. I actually got rejected from an accounts assistant position with good prospects at the biggest company in my area on the basis of being overqualified. I don't think I can win! If you can find a good voluntary position, it's well worth doing if you would still be able to support yourself financially. Personally, I've made an alternative plan to pursue a career in statistics through an MSc in the subject, as I feel it would be foolish to rely on an accounting career coming to fruition. Sad, but true in my opinion. Good luck!