Great Jobs for Accounting Majors

"What can I do with a degree in accounting?"

Whether you want to oversee personal or corporate finances, track down tax cheats, or teach your craft on a university level, an accounting degree offers a wealth of career options. With all the flexibility the field offers, the challenge is to find a focus that fits your personality and preferences. Great Jobs for Accounting Majors helps you do just that.

Designed to help you put your major to work, this handy guide covers both the basics of a job search as well as detailed profiles of possible careers in your field. From CPA to government auditor to college professor, you'll explore a variety of job options for accounting majors--including some you never knew existed--to determine the best fit for your personal, professional, and practical needs. In this updated edition, you'll find:

Thorough explanations of job-search basics such as crafting résumés, writing cover letters, and interviewing dos and don'ts
Revealing self-assessments to help determine your best professional fit
Investigative tools to help you uncover those jobs that will make the most of your major
Networking tips to get your face out in the field and your foot in the door before the résumé is even sent
True-life tales from practicing professionals who detail what daily life on the job is really like
Up-to-date statistics on earnings, advancement, and the overall career outlook, along with regional salary comparisons
Resources for further information, including journals, professional associations, and online resources
With the information and inspiration packed into Great Jobs for Accounting Majors , you'll discover how to explore your professional options, target your ideal career, and use your college major as an asset in landing your dream job.

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Summary

Covers the basics of a job search as well as profiles of careers in your field. This book features: explanations of job-search basics such as crafting resumes, writing cover letters, and interviewing dos and don'ts; self-assessments to help determine your professional fit; and, statistics on earnings, advancement, and the career outlook.

Product details

• Authors: Jan Goldberg, Goldberg Jan
• Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL Professional
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2005
• EAN: 9780071438544
• ISBN: 978-0-07-143854-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Weight: 244 g
• Series: Great Jobs for ... Majors (Pap; Great Jobs for! Series; Great Jobs For...Series; Great Jobs for ... Majors (Pap; Great Jobs For…Series
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Success, Accounting, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Accounting / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Service, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Careers / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Success, Advice on careers & achieving success, Advice on careers and achieving success, Financial services industry, Hospitality and service industries, Finance and the finance industry