It's been a long time since I have blogged, probably 3 years ago. I guess I got busy after university with work and life in general that I didn't have time to keep it up.
However, since I finished my ACA exams last summer and am now a qualified accountant, I thought that I would get back to blogging with the extra time I now had.
Some things have changed a lot in three years, and some things are still the same.
I'm still working at PwC although my role has changed somewhat and now I have the skills and experience to lead the audits and manage staff. I also feel that I have grown into a more confident individual, who finds it easier to meet and talk to new people, although I remain quite self-conscious.
I have just browsed over the last few entries which I made in 2006/7 all full of the excitement and hope common in new graduates about to start their lives after University.
And now, well graduates today probably don't feel the same way as I did since the recession now means that 1 in 4 face difficulty in getting their first job.
Take my brother, R, who graduated in 2008 at the start of the recession, and who is still trying to break into the finance industry. This is proving to be very tough. Sometimes he gets right down to the final interview and it is all going well, and then he either doesn't here back from them, or they say that they are no longer recruiting!
Fortunately, R has taken this unexpected free time that he has to try starting-up new ventures:
Fingers crossed!
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