Are financial personnel really more popular as they get older? Will the company still recruit when you are old?

Every day, I squeeze into the subway to go to work, repeat my work in one post day after day, watch my children do their homework after work, go for an outing in the park on Saturday and Sunday, receive the installment loan repayment form from the bank at regular intervals every month, and sometimes ask for leave because of the sudden news that my parents are ill and hospitalized. ...

It is said that 25 years old is the hardest time for a person. In fact, after 25 years old, you will find that there are still 35 years old waiting for you.

Are you an entrepreneur with small achievements after repeated failures?

Or a professional manager who stands on his own feet and expects to show his talents?

Or are you an old, middle-aged and young man who has been crushed into a butterfly by heavy pressure?

An old slick who was eliminated?

A female white-collar worker who is at a loss stops fighting for her family?

The anxious sandwich generation?

At the age of 35, I am still running around in my life, changing, persisting and pushing myself forward.

35 years old is my darkest year.

After graduation, I joined a state-owned enterprise as an accountant. My life is not particularly good, but it is also guaranteed. Get a fixed salary every month, enjoy all kinds of benefits of the company, and live comfortably. It is said that accounting is a golden rice bowl, and I am convinced. Doing accounts, reimbursing, paying taxes, filling out the annual report ... I know all the work processes. Compared with the young people who just came in, I feel that I am experienced and sophisticated, and I never take them seriously. I don't think it's right to watch them do things seriously, ask questions tirelessly, take notes meticulously and work overtime every day. They are just a group of teenagers who just came in. I still get off work on time every day, without delay, just do my job well. This is my consistent principle.

I think I am practical, steady and rigorous, and have all the qualities of an accountant.

Everything changes in silence. In recent years, the company's performance is not very good, and the leadership has changed a lot. The new leader, in his early thirties, carried out drastic reforms in his department. His first step is to adjust the personnel in the department. The old people in the company who are close to the "veteran" level are veterans in his view, which is a major factor hindering the development of the company.

I was interviewed.

"Lao Zhang, you are an old man in our department. You have been working in the company since graduation. When I was a college student, you had already contributed to the company. The company has always thanked you, but, ah, you have seen the company's development getting worse and worse in recent years. I just came in. I'm under a lot of pressure. You have to understand me and the company. "

2065438+On May 25th, 2006, I lost my job which I always depended on for a living. Smoking and drinking at home every day, bad temper, yelling at his wife. Later, my wife couldn't stand me and took the children to her parents' house.

I stayed alone in an empty house, wandering like a lonely ghost, without seeing the sun. In this way, I was in a trance. /kloc-at the end of 0/0, I received the mortgage repayment form from the bank. At that moment, I was as awake as a dream.

Life is always our best teacher.

You can not make progress, but one day life will cost you twice as much; You can be confused, but one day life will wake you up from a big dream.

I deeply reflected on my failed work experience in the past:

1, financial knowledge is aging. Now is an era of intelligent accounting, the traditional accounting is gradually being replaced, and there is an urgent need for new management-oriented financial talents. Financial workers should not only bow their heads to settle accounts, but also help the company make decisions and control risks from the perspective of the company's macro strategy.

2. Lack of risk awareness. I have worked in a post for a long time, sitting in a well watching the sky. I've been living too comfortably and have no sense of risk at all. Just like the effect of "boiling frogs in warm water", over time, I was imprisoned and lost my learning ability.

3. Lack of enthusiasm for work. We should always be as passionate about our work as we are in love, and never lose our curiosity or enthusiasm. Obviously, ten years of continuous work has given me inertia. I am just making a living, not creating value.

After reflection, I began to look for a job everywhere. I saw on the recruitment website that for many financial personnel, CMA and CPA certificates are preferred. For the 35-year-old, I have lost my age advantage and only had that insignificant experience. How to stand out among many job seekers, I have to re-examine myself and cast my own brand competitiveness.

I got a deep understanding of CMA certificate in Gao Dun Tribe, and found that this certificate is recommended by many financial managers, and it is a popular certificate in the new financial era.

After some preparation, considering my lack of self-study ability and limited time and energy, I signed up for the CMA face-to-face class of Gaodun Finance and Economics and began to study. While looking for a job, I am busy preparing for the exam, but I don't feel tired at all. Instead, I feel completely transformed.

Later, I passed the recruitment of a real estate company and continued to work in the financial post. This time, I no longer regard myself as an old employee. I began to re-learn the operation process of the whole company, get familiar with the company's business and avoid making mistakes again.

I go to higher education finance and economics class every weekend, sort out my notes, listen carefully, communicate with my classmates after class, and write down the basic knowledge I learned that day when I go home. Although I am a financial accountant, I still have to recite and memorize some new knowledge.

CMA course refreshed my understanding of finance. If the whole company is a big ship sailing on the sea, then the financial department is the alarm of this big ship. We should not only sort out the financial data, but also play a good role in forecasting, monitoring risks and providing decision-making basis for the company's progress.

After 1 year on-the-job preparation CMA exam, I have passed two exams, P 1 and P2, and have many years of accounting experience, and successfully obtained the certificate.

At the moment of obtaining the certificate, I suddenly felt that age was not the boundary.

Yes, 35 years old, I have multiple identities, children, fathers, husbands and employees. All my identities require me to work hard and be proactive, so as to reassure my boss and make my family feel safe. I was disappointed because of the pressure of life and the unsatisfactory work.

35 years old is a hurdle for me, which makes me depressed, afraid, depressed and desperate.

At the age of 35, society has put a lot of pressure on us. However, no one has ever said that after the age of 35, you have to wait to be eliminated, you have to give up yourself, and you have to be fired by your boss.

Even the unrecognizable 35-year-old can start over. So I went to study, charged myself, and got up from where I fell.

After getting the certificate

Two years after I published the book, I was recommended by the old leaders of the company as the financial supervisor, responsible for the company's financial analysis and decision-making.

In the future, I may continue to welcome my 45, 55 and 65 years old. I don't know what will wait for me. But I won't make the same mistake again. As I get older, my ability will also improve. I will always be alert to myself, keep my study habits for life, improve my professional ability, and not be an outcast of the times.

A person's life is limited, so never set limits for yourself.

In the era of intelligent accounting, every accountant needs to keep fresh.