Project 1

Project 1: Accounting Careers

 

Project Summary

 

Now that you have had a chance to investigate different accounting-related careers, you are better equipped to choose if a career in accounting is for you. You should also have a better idea about what is involved in training to become a professional accountant.

 

As you have discovered, financial management training allows you to apply to a wide variety of companies. The job opportunities are numerous and the skills that you develop in this course will help you to apply to different accounting clerk positions. Many clerical positions ask for work experience. Your financial management training is project-based experience, and you should include the final project when applying for these positions. People often start at an entry-level position and work their way up the ladder to as high as they want to go in the accounting field.

 

Even if you do not choose an accounting career, the skills that you learn will transfer to other useful areas such as starting your own business, developing your own personal budget, and managing your own financial activities. Continue to Project 2 to explore the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

 

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