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We receive lots of bookkeeping course enquiries from students who are changing careers and want to find bookkeeping work.

If you are new to bookkeeping you may be familiar with MYOB because it has been around for decades. As soon as you start looking at job ads you’ll hear about Xero because a lot of businesses are migrating away from MYOB to Xero.

So a common question is should I learn MYOB and then Xero?

Should you learn MYOB before Xero?

When students ask for our advice the simple answer is it doesn’t matter.

Learn one and then learn the other one straight away. If you are changing careers this will reinforce the common bookkeeping tasks you’ll be doing for work and give you confidence speaking with employers.

Business owners also ask us if they should use MYOB or Xero and the problem with that is that everyone has a different opinion. Even amongst our own team members we prefer different programs.

But there is a good way to decide which one to start with.

Are you transitioning to a career in accounting and bookkeeping or need to get your head around what bookkeeping work involves? This bookkeeping course is designed for you.

MYOB was once the market leader in Australia but that changed since Xero launched and focused 100% on becoming an online accounting program.

In the background Intuit took over the distribution of their QuickBooks software in Australia (away from Reckon, who now have their own accounting software) and offered QuickBooks Online directly – they also recently purchased Mailchimp!

All of these brands offer online accounting software and you can now learn how to perform the common bookkeeping tasks using all the leading brands.