Is specializing right away a mistake for a new grad? I’m getting a lot of pressure to jump into tax since I have a knack for details, but I’m worried it will make a pivot to something like FP&A or industry work impossible later. Does starting in a specific niche help, or does it just narrow your horizons too quickly?

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As someone who is looking to pivot into more finance roles from tax. It's been pretty tough even w/ a little under two years of experience. Probably b/c you'll be competing with people that have direct finance experience, of course, but I can't say it would be easier if you did audit or something less specialized.

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In my experience, specializing in a niche area of tax is limiting... Especially the longer you stick around and more experience you get. I found it very difficult to pivot to a different role (was looking at FP&A) or even industry out of Big 4, which is where I ended up. The current job market is not great for changing career paths due to all the competition with other candidates. I only landed my new job about a year ago and had been looking for 2 years prior to that. Hopefully by the time you’re ready to move on, it’s a different story but if you know that’s where you want to end up, I’d focus on getting direct experience.

Nothing wrong with getting tax experience. If you are also interested in becoming a CPA it would be a good start to your career. What were you looking to do when you graduated? Do you have any tax experience? I did work as a volunteer preparing taxes when I attended college.

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