voluntary work as a bookkeeper

[ddhillon]

hi everyone,
i am here again for your sugessions. i am doing my search for a unpaid work as a bookkeeper. everyday i am applying at few places but no luck . i have done bookkeeping, and have skill of using microsoft excel and word. i have learnt from my job search that i should learn sage 50 as well. i can buy video package to learn at home from 50 to 90 pounds. i am not sure which one shall i buy (i mean level one or the package containing up to level 3) as i am a new starter. if anyone reading this have any suggestions that can help me further finding voluntary work then please write few words. i will highly appreciate that

 

[sirall]

Hey!!

Well if you searching for voluntary works. what you could do is search for it in various advertisement site. I don't thin finding voluntary job will be a tough job. You can try few classified Ads sites.

I hope i am of some help.

 

[RAL]

ddhillon

Are you near Eastbourne/Bexhill? Because I know a church is looking for a bookkeeper in order to keep accountant fees down. They have quick book. If you interested pm me I will send you the contact details.

 

[Alison Jones]

HI Ddhillon

Are you a member of any sporting or social clubs at all. A lot of sporting and social clubs have to keep accounts and from experience of being a member of a social group it is the one area that they struggle to find volunteers in, and I think this is the case in many sporting/social clubs.

Would say it is beneficial on your CV. I gained one job shortly after interview where I was going to be only one in the office most of the time, and it was because I mentioned I was treasurer of a social group, a cheque signatory of social group and in charge of the petty cash tin that the interviewer decided she could trust me with the keys and locking up correctly each day and trust me with any cash received from customers, their petty cash tin etc if members of a social group trusted me.

Alison

 

[Moneyman]

Try charities. we always are desperate for someone

 

[ddhillon]

thank you everyone for reply.
i am delighted to read abundant useful tips to find work . i will try all this now and my fingers r crossed .
i am also planning to to do self learning on sage line 50 by buying online videos. i think that will help. any idea

 

[ddhillon]

hi ral ,
i am very thankful for ur supportive reply. but unfortunately i live in middlesex ,london. i would have been very delighted to give u try that work otherwise

 

[ddhillon]

hi ral,
i am very delighted for ur supportive reply. but i live in middlex ,london which is a mileage from there. iwould have been so happy to work there otherwise.
many thanks

 

[ddhillon]

thank u allison jones.
i will do some search on this one as well and try my luck. this seems a very useful thing to do. it has given me some hope that i can find some work somewhere

 

[ddhillon]

thanks sirall,
i am doing that but didnt get any reply back from anyone. but i will definitely keep trying

 

[ddhillon]

i have tried few charities but still waiting for reply. ur sugession matters a lot. thank u very much. i will keep trying more

 

[LaShel Bookkeeping]

Hello,

To answer your questions on training etc. Ive worked in bookkeeping & payroll for many years & have decided to become self-employed. I took Level 2 computerised bookkeeping & level 3 exams this year. I also took Leve 2 & 3 in computerised payroll, I took these exams through the IAB to basically get the top fellowship member level. They also cover MLR9 regulations as well so youre covered forpayroll issues & can become an agent for HMRC.

Based on these levels of 2 & 3 you will need to know all aspects of manual payroll & manual bookkeeping (double entry). I took these courses at my local college & also the L3 payroll I self-taught at home, there are links on the IAB website for home-study. I hope this helps & good luck.

 

[ddhillon]

thanks a lot for advice.
i think the qualifications u have done r very relevant to bookkeeping. i have already done all 3 levels of manule bookkeeping and now learning sage to become a sage certified bookkeeper. payroll is different from normal bookkeeping. is it better to learn payroll as well to become a self employed bookkeeper? i am definitely gonna try working for someone else first but if i couldnt get an opportunity then i will no doubt jump in to become self employed .is it hard to work on ur own?
many thanks

 

[LaShel Bookkeeping]

Hello

I took my exams in June & obtaines 4 A's, I wrote to some local accountants at the same time which landed me a good job working for an accountant who does self-employeed subbys, cis tax year end work etc. Really good experience. I got more work doing it from home which is computerised sage & I also have some little companies I do vat returns for etc. I havent advertised as yet as Im also busy teaching payroll now at college but, I will look at doing this after xmas. You just have to sell yourself to them, at the end of the day if you know what youre talking about then they will have confidence in you for their preparaton of year end etc.. Good luck & let me know how you get on.. Lisa