Great Jobs For Accounting Majors, Second Edition / Edition 2

by Jan Goldberg

Overview

Every college major gives students valuable skills and training, perfect for a wide range of careers. The Great Jobs for Accounting Majors helps you assess your talents and skills for a job, target the perfect career, tailor your job search, present college majors as workplace assets, and much more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071438544
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	03/21/2005
Series:	Great Jobs For...Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Jan Goldberg has written more than 250 articles for such publications as Parenting, Today's Chicago Woman, Opportunity magazine, Chicago Parent, North Shore magazine, and Career World Magazine. She has also penned a number of books on career development.

Stephen E. Lambert, contributing author and codeveloper of the Great Jobs Series, is director of career services at Plymouth State College in New Hampshire. He codeveloped this series with Julie DeGalan, a former administrator and career counselor at Plymouth State College.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Introduction: Accounting: A Degree That Adds Up	ix
Part 1	The Job Search
1	The Self-Assessment	3
2	The Resume and Cover Letter	19
3	Researching Careers and Networking	37
4	Interviewing and Job Offer Considerations	55
Part 2	The Career Paths
5	Introduction to the Career Paths	71
6	Path 1: Public Accounting	73
7	Path 2: Management Accounting	95
8	Path 3: Government Accounting	113
9	Path 4: Accounting Education	129
Appendix A	Program Descriptions	149
Appendix B	Graduate Education	153
	Additional Resources	155
	Index	157