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Unlocking the Future My Accounting Career Plan. By C. Lyman August 2001. My Career in Accounting. My Career Vision My Lifestyle Goals Personality Traits A Few Career Possibilities Accounting Clerks & CPA’s Lawyers, Doctors, Farmers, CEOs My Goal Education & Training Work Experience
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Unlocking the FutureMy Accounting Career Plan By C. LymanAugust 2001
My Career in Accounting • My Career Vision • My Lifestyle Goals • Personality Traits • A Few Career Possibilities • Accounting Clerks & CPA’s • Lawyers, Doctors, Farmers, CEOs • My Goal • Education & Training • Work Experience • My Skills • Credits
My Career Vision • I would like to become a Business Teacher • Or a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) • I like working with numbers, money, and people • I would like to work as an accounting clerk to help me earn money for school
My Lifestyle Goals • Live in a small community • Earn a good income • Work with people • Help others to learn • Work with youth
My Personality Traits • I am outgoing & friendly • I am trustworthy & dependable • I like to solve problems • I am creative • I have good communication skills
A Few Career Possibilities • Accounting Clerks • Two years of high school accounting • An associate degree in college • Work as Accounts Receivable/Payable Clerk • CPAs • College degree • Pass CPA test • Work for a large company
More Career Choices • Lawyers, Doctors, Farmers, CEO • May not do accounting directly • Need to know about accounting • Should take an accounting class in high school or college • Will need to make business decisions • Accounting Teachers • College degree in Business • Minor or classes in accounting
My Goal • Take accounting in high school • Work in the office of a local business • Graduate from high school with a 3.8 GPA • Attend college & earn an Associate Degree • Graduate from college with a Business Degree • Take classes in Accounting • Get a teaching certificate • Teach in a rural community
Education & Training • Taking high school Accounting • Learning spreadsheets & other computer applications • Plan to do School to Work in for a local accountant • Plan to go to college at USU in their Business Information Systems program
Work Experience • Secretary for Youth City Council • Worked as a cashier at Safeway • Treasurer for FBLA • Farm laborer—tractor & livestock work • President of youth church group
My Skills • Will graduate from High School next year • GPA of 3.76 • Taking Accounting I & II • Member of FBLA • Active in Youth City Council
Credits • Guerrieri, D. J., F. B. Haber, W. B. Hoyt, R. Turner. Glencoe Accounting — Real World Applications & Connections. Glencoe McGraw-Hill. Woodland Hills, CA. 2000. • http://www.aicpa.org/index.htm • http://www.roberthalf.com Robert Hill