I just had a meeting with my absolute favourite client of ours. I do her accounts and tax every year for the last three years. She’s one of those wonderful clients that you enjoy have meetings with, emailing back with queries and talking to on the phone.
She’s a successful career woman with a husband and young son. She doesn’t come bolting in like she knows everything about tax. Like some clients. Why the hell do they come and see us if they know it all?? We all ask ourselves this.. but will never have an answer.
She often emails me throughout the year with queries regarding her accounts, tax or anything financial that she feels I could answer.
I love that she respects me, as I am only 23 and here she is trusting me with her financial information and her tax information.
Well I lie, I actually have quite a few wonderful clients who trust everything I say and tell them. It’s a wonderful feeling that I can help them and enjoy a good laugh with them either on the phone or in a meeting. It definitely makes me enjoy the career I have decided upon.
I mentioned to my client today while in the meeting that I was planning to head off to the UK next year. She, herself, is Irish (amazing accent!) and happens to have a very good friend living and working as a recruitment agent (in corporate work) in London. She has now offered to give me the details of her friend so I can get in touch with her to ask about work available for when I go.
Isn’t it amazing the contacts you meet? I feel very confident about getting a job in the UK now, I was a bit hesitant before thinking it might be difficult. It’s true what they say about making good contacts and always being pleasant to people you meet. You never know how they may help you in the future.
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