I hold a Bachelors degree in Accounting but have never really worked in the accounting field...?

Question

It's been 6 years I've graduated. My first job was thru' a campus recruitment for a call center at a multinational co. for credit card collections. I quickly moved up the success ladder, excelled at work, gained tremendous credit knowledge along with exceptional communication & supervisory skills in those 2 full years. The past 4 years I have been working in the middle east with a US Govt. Contractor where I completely changed my line of work, moving into vehicle fleet management, while I multi tasked in different roles including dispatching, maintenance procedures, departmental accounting, logistics operations etc. My question is: I want to change my job and get into the banking and accounting field. I'm sure a prospective interviewer would ask me why I did not look for a job transition earlier. Of course, the money was great but now I seriously wanna get into my specialized area. I need a good and effective answer to the question, as to why I did not look for a job change earlier.

Answer 1

That at the time you graduated the job market had been poor, so you had to go another direction to keep afloat
& repay studen loans.