...I started to take business classes in my junior year in high school, and from the classes that I have taken, I realized that I am interested in accounting and finance the most. This is also why I am majoring in accounting now, and would like to pursue a career in the accounting or finance field. I always enjoy working with numbers, and I am also comfortable in keeping records and organizing data. I believe that I will be able to succeed in these occupations with these skills and interests that I have. Another reason why I am interested in these occupations is that my dad is a successful businessman, which makes me want to pursue in the similar career as him. The median income for accountants, financial analysts, and financial managers are higher than many of the occupations, which is also a reason why I am interested in these careers. I am an organized and responsible person, which are important qualities of becoming a successful accountant, financial analyst, and financial...
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...underrepresentation of blacks in the accounting profession in light of the increasing demand for Certified Public Accountants (CPA). The paper ex- plores the various reasons why blacks are underrepresented in the accounting profession. Furthermore, the paper examines these reasons through the lens of race and ethnicity. The paper also synthesizes multiple sources regarding blacks’ underrepresentation in account- ing. Blacks are underrepresented in accounting because of internal and external factors linked to their ethnic identity. Many blacks feel that they do not belong to the accounting profession, and as a result, they rarely choose accounting as a career. Many CPA firms think that blacks are not capable of doing the job and delivering the superior results that clients expect. While the demand for new and diverse accounting talents is increasing in light of recent white-collar crimes committed by Bernie Madoff, Enron and WorldCom, blacks’ representation in the ac- counting field still remains low. Research has shown that blacks are under- represented in most American Certified Public Accountant (CPA) firms. There is much speculation as to why this is so. One reason might be that blacks have some personal qualities that cause them to enter the account- ing profession at a low rate. Some people might even wonder if society is still oppressive towards blacks years after the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s. The reasons why blacks are underrepresented in the accounting profession include the...
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...Why an MBA University of Phoenix MGT/521 May 31, 2010 I could not decide if I wanted to go after my Master’s in Business Administration, or just stop at my bachelor’s degree. It took me 26 years to decide to go back to school to pursue my AA in Accounting, despite all the pressures, and pushing that I had received from my parents and my family members. So in 2006 I decided that it was time, I looked around to a variety of different colleges and decided that I wanted to attend University of Phoenix Online because I did not want to deal with going to classes, instead I preferred to stay home and be comfortable. After my associates in accounting I decided that because I could still not find a permanent job, I would go ahead and pursue my bachelors of arts in accounting as well. When I was in my last class of my bachelor’s degree, I was toying around with going after my master’s in business administration, and then what will I specialize in. I had been looking for jobs for quite some times on the Internet and in the papers for quite some time and have been sending out hundreds of resumes and have received no responses. I figured that if I went for a master’s degree it would open many more doors in the future. It was a tough decision on whether I wanted to pursue that master’s in business, after all I had been going to school now for the past four years, or if I should just stop at my bachelor’s degree and look for a job. It turned out that finding a job was not working out...
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...Why have you chosen to apply to the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business? What are your short and long-term career objectives? How will the program assist you in pursuing your career objectives? Since deciding to attend law school, I have sought a position at a large company where I could utilize my education and work ethic to build a career. Additionally, I have looked for an environment that would allow me to continue to develop both personally and professionally. In working as an attorney for the past two years, I have found a great interest in the field of taxation. Though approaching taxation from a legal perspective has exposed me to a variety of tax issues, I have realized that my interest lies in the numbers behind the taxes. As such, I have decided to pursue a career in tax accounting. I believe that Kellstadt will provide me with the education necessary to be successful in the accounting field. To this end, for my short-term goals, I wish to attend the Kellstadt Masters of Science in Accounting program in order to develop the skills necessary to secure a position at a large accounting firm. A position with a large accounting firm will allow me to continue to expand the practical skills I have developed as an attorney. My experience serving small-business clients has given me a unique perspective on the importance and necessity of accounting in all aspects of business operations. The cases I have worked on have given me an appreciation for the value that can...
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...Factors Affecting Students’ Choice of Bachelor of Science in Accountancy as Major Charlotte Jhiza A. Beleno Adamson University Abstract The need for accounting graduates continually grows in this decade. The US Bureau of Statistics projected that there will be a 15.7% increase in the number of accounting jobs between 2010 and 2020. This increase in demand gives the importance to study and understand the factors that motivate and encourage students to take up Bachelor of Science in Accountancy as their college course, so that quality graduates will meet the demand in the field of accounting profession. This paper also helps high school teachers, parents and guidance counselors on how they can influence students to take up BS Accountancy in their tertiary level. On the other hand, it also informs the students on the advantages of being accountancy major and an accountant in the future. Factors Affecting Students’ Choice of Bachelor of Science in Accountancy as Major A Review of Related Literature and Studies Accounting as defined by Webster is the system of recording and summarizing business and financial transactions and analyzing, verifying and reporting the results. On the other hand, Accountancy is the profession or practice of accounting. Bachelor of Science in Accountancy prepares students for careers in accounting firms, financial institutions, public sectors, and financial departments of companies. It is an in demand course since there is an upward trend and opportunities...
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...CAREER PAPER MUQRIN ALJHARI October 2, 2015 INTRODUCTION Accounting is popularly known as “language of business". Accountants are the practitioners of accounting, who can speak it better than anyone. It measures the results of a company’s economic activities and conveys this information to different users like creditors, investors, management, and regulators, etc. Accounting is the body of knowledge, which is primarily concerned with methods for recording transactions, keeping financial records, performing internal audits, reporting and analysing financial information to the management, and advising on taxation matters. In short, it is a systematic process of identifying, recording, measuring, classifying, verifying, summarizing, interpreting and communicating financial information. It reveals profit or loss for a given period, and the value and nature of a firm's assets, liabilities and owners' equity. Accounting provides information on the resources available to a firm, the means employed to finance those resources, and also the results achieved through their use. ACCOUNTING CAREERS Choosing the field of accounting as a career path is a smart decision. This field will always be in demand. This field can help you to grow continuously and help you move up inside your organization. A lot of different positions are available in the field of accounting. Accounting careers can range from entry level positions to executive level positions. Some of the popular careers in...
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... Bud Carriker, Audit Senior AC606 Spring, 2015 Synopsis Bud Carriker was raised in New Orleans by his grandmother after his mother passed away during childbirth and his father continued his career in the military. His father was an African American father from New Orleans and his mother was a Mexican American from Texas. He was reunited with his father and new family during his high school years and his father encouraged him to pursue accounting. He took the advice from his dad and majored in accounting, graduating and starting his career in public accounting directly after college in order to continue his professional goal of becoming a controller or CFO of a financial institution. Bud started out as a staff accountant and progressed to audit senior with 2 years of working at the public accounting firm. By his fifth busy season, he had decided that he would soon leave his current position to pursue other opportunities. Just prior to leaving his current firm, Bud was notified by Alex Saunders, the managing partner at the practice that he was to be assigned to a new client in the banking and financial services industry. Bud was excited about this new client as this would provide him some much needed real world experience in just the field he was looking to pursue. After attending a three day seminar on bank auditing and spending several days reviewing the clients previous years’ work papers, Bud had his initial meeting with the new clients CEO, Jim Charles. Bud...
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...Construct and Support an Argument Angela Miars University of Phoenix Management MGT 521 Russell Arenz III July 12, 2010 Construct and Support an Argument My decision to continue my education and pursue an MBA is to gain the required skills needed to start a new career in my near future. Pursuing an MBA will make it possible to live a better economic life and to have a good job with security and top pay. I have chosen this route even with the current economic situation, knowing that new jobs may not be available by the time I finish with my MBA. An MBA would benefit me greatly in a variety of ways. Pursuing an MBA will aid in the development of the skills I need in the finance and accounting areas. Of course the increase in pay from possessing an MBA does not hurt either. When researching jobs online I am finding that by having a master’s degree, the pay is substantially higher than those with a bachelor’s degree. Other than career and financial reasons, I do have a personal goal to achieve more than my siblings. Out of four sisters only two of us have a bachelor’s degree. I would love nothing more than to become the other sibling to obtain a masters degree. Plain and simple, I want to do better than all of my sisters. In this economy, having a good paying job with security is vital. “In nearly every sector of the globe, the prospect of making more money and living a better economic life draws thousands of students to MBA programs” (Euders.com, 2009)...
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...personal, educational, and future value to furthering careers. Obtaining an MBA, does not just include knowledge of management and leadership skills, but a specific concentration of your choice can be added to the degree, as well. For example, my future profession will deal mainly with accounting, so I am pursing my MBA with a concentration of accounting. Many different benefits come with obtaining an MBA: better opportunities in the career industry, higher salaries, getting the upper hand with more experienced employees with no education, and personal gratification. According to the University of Phoenix Jungian Personality Self-Assessment Library (2007), I was evaluated as INTP. The “What’s My Jungian 16-Type Personality,” considered me as…socially cautious, enjoy problem solving, and highly conceptual. The possible career choices were plastic surgeon, software designer, psychoanalyst, private investigator, financial analyst, mathematical, photographer (University of Phoenix Jungian Personality Self-Assessment Library, 2007). A higher education can only further your career with better opportunities in the workplace environment and increased salaries. More job opportunities will be available to those with educational experience. The MBA program will help with a better paying job because of the educational experience and the commitment invested in your future. Education is essential knowledge for the development of careers, like factual resources are needed for a research paper...
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...considering is accounting. I decided I wanted to do accounting back when one of my cousins became an accountant. She ended up getting her CPA and a full time job at the place she interned at, which ultimately made me want to do the same. One path I thought about taking with this major is to be a forensic accountant. Before I became an accounting major, I was a criminal justice major, so getting into forensic accounting is something that I am very interested in. With this career, I would try and detect crimes, such as fraud, and would have the opportunity to work for government agencies or law firms. Being a forensic accountant is probably my first choice. Another field that I would be interested in is being a...
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...Accountancy in De La Salle Lipa. In this research paper, the being in demand of the course and the effect of having job opportunities after graduating in college in the career choice of the students, the difficult situations they face, how they deal with them and their expectations of their career were being studied. This was done with the use of qualitative method. The researchers interviewed twenty-two (22) Accountancy students about their perceptions on their course. They summarized and concluded their answers to obtain the needed results and they found out that career opportunities really matter in choosing a course because the Accountancy students considered their future in doing this. Though they faced challenges in taking their course, they did their utmost to overcome these and obtain their wanted profession. In addition, they expected to have a good job in the future through this career. This paper further concluded that the students were motivated to study harder and to perform better despite of the difficult situations because of the nice future that was waiting for them and because of their high expectations of their course. Bachelor of Science in Accountancy as an in Demand Course in De La Salle Lipa Bachelor of Science in Accountancy (BSA) is a degree program chosen by students who aspire to practice accounting as their profession. In De La Salle Lipa (DLSL), a student taking this is expected to be a responsible one. The reason behind this is that BSA students experience...
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...University of Phoenix Material Career Interests and Market Research Worksheet Complete the Interest Assessment activity, under the Career Exploration tab, on the Phoenix Career Services website. Select two careers you are interested in based on the results of the Interest Assessment activity. Conduct labor market research on the two careers, and fill in the following table regarding the research you conducted. | |Career 1 |Career 2 | |What is the career? |Medical Secretary |Accountant | |What interests you |I like filing. I enjoy doing paperwork which is odd but I |I do enjoy paperwork but I would like to learn more about | |about this career? |do like it. I picked this career because of my medical |taxes and financial statements and how finances of | | |background from the military. |businesses work. | |Is there a hiring |The demand is high |The demand is high | |demand? | | | |What are the |82% require just high school technical training...
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...Part A In future, I want to be a chartered accountant in a well- known company or accounting firm. There are a few graduate attributes which will help me in succeeding in my career. The first graduate attribute is effective communication skill. Good communication skills help us to present our points and messages in the most convincing way. Firstly, we have to speak proficiently together with gestures, good posture, movement, and good control of our voice because it would help us to convince people easily. Speaking without moving our body or in a monotonous voice will result in a boring presentation and thus, people will find it hard to focus on what we are saying. Effective communication skills also gives clarity which will prevent misunderstandings that lead to arguments. With this skill, our messages will be simple, direct and easy to be uunderstood. Next, accountants have to present to the company’s owners and shareholders every now and then, regarding the company’s financial performance. With effective communication skills, they will feel confident with my work. If I cannot communicate effectively, I will find it difficult to present about the company’s performance and I will also be unable to answer their questions regarding the company’s financial matters. Besides, information technology skills are indeed important in this modern world. We have to learn how to make full use of information technology such as power point slides, e-mails, internet, mobile applications...
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...Careers: Past, Present, and Future Worksheet Name: Write a brief statement for each of the following questions: * What past training have you received for any job that you have or have had? I have acquired different computer software training such as Peachtree and Quicken. I have also learned Meditech software for procurement to electronically procedure purchase orders. * What is your present job and why do you like or dislike it? My present job is working as a Buyer II in the Supply Chain Department. I like to the diversity in job tasks that I do on a daily, so I am not doing the same thing all the time but it is consistent of doing those tasks on a daily basis. It is very challenging and I learn new tasks on a daily basis. Also, I like that there is room for advancement and they believe in the well-being of their employees and their families. The thing that I dislike at this particular time is we just underwent a consolidation of the Procurement department so we are still fine tuning all processes but it will be stable after we work through all issues that arise * What degree are you working towards? Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and concentration in Project Management. * Your degree is leading to what career that you desire and why that particular career? Management/Director position in Supply Chain. This career is rewarding where I work to make sure that the hospitals serve their patients and provide the best...
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...My future career in pharmacy was well thought-out before college until the very moment I was questioned about how I felt about my life. I was assisting a patient in the pharmacy and she merely asked me, “How’s life?” My response of simply being content prompted an unexpected response from not only her but myself as well. She responded, shocked, that I couldn’t have used a better depiction and how satisfying it was to hear that I was content. Her stunned reaction made me question not just about how rare it was for others to provide a similar response but ultimately, whether or not I meant what I had said. Was I really content? That was when it truly hit me, I was not satisfied with my life. I did not want to become a pharmacist. For me, it was something that lacked exhilaration, something that I just had absolute no desire for. All because of this patient's comment, I made the drastic change to drop pharmacy and switch career paths. I no longer wanted to make the same mistake and choose something I did not enjoy, like pharmacy. I wanted to explore something I have always been passionate about, which is numbers! While I found out the hard way about what I wanted to pursue in life, it was better for me to derive to this decision sooner than later. Later that year, I decided to get my feet wet by first taking an introduction to accounting course. It was so minimal and to explore even more, I took the subsequent course as well. After taking those courses, it utterly reinforced my...
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