I graduated in 2021 with a Bachelor's in Accounting. Since then, I have only been able to get bookkeeping jobs that pay low wages. I own my own bookkeeping business part-time, but with needing health insurance, and the ACA being absolutely unaffordable now, I have to make more income.

I am really struggling to find work that fits my skills and income needs. I am not sure what I am doing wrong.

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Pls look for opportunities within edge tax at EY!

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Agree

Local Government jobs (Municipalities, Counties, etc.)

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Apply for staff accountant jobs, shouldn't be a difficult bridge.

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Try staffing companies if you haven’t. I’ve used accountantsone- Roberthalf -and Hayes

Bookkeeping is not a great area to build a career in due to advances in AI, automation tools, and larger companies that build in accounting support in to their bookkeeping products. You have to have a pretty decent book of business to make it work financially. I would lean in to a role that might be more challenging such as a staff accountant role at a company or consider public accounting.

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Thank you for that input. That was helpful.

Check out System Six. They are a fully remote bookkeeping/accounting and tax firm. I can personally vouch for them. Lmk if it looks interesting to you.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kelly-schwaninger-shrm-scp-386a6b155_system-six-is-looking-to-fill-a-few-different-activity-7394756073116798977-9u_y?utm_medium=ios_app&rcm=ACoAAAEfIsIBX4SH_gH6Hlc591Lz9P96Lm_Z6pA&utm_source=social_share_send&utm_campaign=copy_link

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Look into to jobs at Tribal Casinos. I pay zero for my medical insurance for self and 290 for my kid. I work at the tribe's internal audit department. If you know any auditing this is an easy transition.

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Did you apply for internships when you were in college? Full time jobs usually come from internship and 2021 was still a good time for accounting. What happened then?

I had an internship at Jackson Hewitt. The opportunities were not good when I was able to get an internship.

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