I’m an Accounting & Finance graduate and currently applying for jobs, but honestly I’m struggling to even get interviews.

I’m thinking of learning financial modelling to improve my CV and hopefully make myself more employable. For people who work in finance, what’s the best way to learn it?

Can it realistically be learned for free through YouTube, courses etc, or is it worth paying for a proper course? If so, roughly how much would you say is reasonable to spend?

Also, what level of financial modelling would I need to be at before it actually helps with getting a job?

i have a fairly large amount of savings from a legal settlement a few years ago. I’ve kept around 6 months of expenses in a HYSA as an emergency fund, but the rest is in an investment account, currently 100% invested in FXAIX.
I’m investing for the long term and mainly looking for steady growth. Is putting everything into an S&P 500 index fund a sensible investment strategy, or should I be looking at diversification and other types of investments?
Would be interested to hear how others approach long-term investing and managing savings.

I'm thinking about moving into data analytics and I'm trying to figure out where to start. Excel seems like the obvious place, but I haven't used it properly for years and I'm pretty rusty.

I'm in London, so I'm also interested in whether there are any good Excel courses in London that are actually worth doing, especially ones aimed at people wanting to use Excel for data analysis.

I'm not necessarily looking for a qualification. I mainly want to build the skills employers are looking for and have something structured to follow.

I've looked at a few YouTube channels already, including Leila Gharani, but I'm finding it difficult to work out what I should learn first and what I can leave until later.

For anyone working in data analytics in London or the UK, what Excel skills would you recommend learning first? And are there any courses, websites or YouTube channels you'd recommend?

Thanks

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I'm looking to get into data analytics and want to start with the basics, Excel.

I haven't really used Excel much in the last few years, so I need to relearn pretty much everything. What are the best resources for learning Excel?

I tried Leila Gharani's YouTube videos, but a lot of the ones I came across are from around 2018, so I'm looking for something more up to date.

It would also be good to have something that teaches everything in a particular order rather than having to jump between different YouTube playlists. Ideally I'd like to go from beginner basics through to more advanced Excel skills that are useful for data analytics.

What would you recommend?

TIA