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financial data. By this, the company is able to make a better strategic decision in the
and this is exactly what I want in the future. In this paper, I will discuss the key
career.
development and lifelong learning. (Cooper, 4). This quote explains that it is very
undergraduate degree, but also the ability to live and learn. With the development of
technology students who have a variety of skills are more competitive in the job
market. In addition, the demand of employers has changed a lot in recent decades.
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This is because Employers demand graduates who can perform more than the
traditional accountant and thus the ranking on the importance of skills is different
from the graduates. (Yee Ting Ngoo, Kui Ming Tiong, Wei Fong Pok,99). This quote
changed significantly. The technical skills are now becoming the foundation of the
job. More and more employers are now expecting young graduates to have more soft
illustrates that becoming an accountant is not all about the calculating numbers,
instead each accountant is supposed to become a leader in a team. At the same time
Employers demand for accounting graduates who can interpret and assess the
compared to graduates. (Yee Ting Ngoo, Kui Ming Tiong, Wei Fong Pok, 102). In
other words the ability of analyzing the financial information of a company plays a
accounting students are expected to gain soft skills and develop strong financial
It is clear that becoming an accountant could have a lot of benefits and also
some disadvantages for accounting students. Accountants are usually well-paid so the
At an average $70,130 per year, or $33.72 per hour, accountants earned far
more than the mean annual $45,230, or $21.74, made by all workers in the
country. The salaries for the upper 10 percent exceed $109,870 yearly, or
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$52.82 per hour, though they could also fall to less than $39,640 per year,
or $19.06 per hour. (1)
This quote illustrates that accountants are usually well-paid so that accountants tends
to have a greater opportunity to live a good life. At the same time work as an
accountant is stable and the job field is growing currently so the author Gordon
Hanson states :
This quote reveals that there are plenty of job opportunities from 2014 to 2024
because the Baby Boomer generation is leaving the workplace and this creates a lot
of jobs for young people. As a result, finding a job as an accountant may be easier
than finding a job in other professions. However, being an accountant also has some
Accounting is typically a standard 9-to-5 job, except for certain times of the
year with impending deadlines. The most notable deadline is April 15 for
tax accountants. For most tax accountants, the heavy lifting starts after New
Years Day right up to April 15.(20)
This quote explains that at certain times accountants are very busy with their work,
which means they have to work on weekends during the busy season in order to help
their clients. During this time, the work can be very stressful for accountants.
Moreover, accountants are required to continue education. Almost all states require
they have to know the new laws and regulations that will affect their work.
opportunities for students. However, they have to have the ability to engage in
lifelong learning and to handle stressful work during the busy season.
With the development of technology, the future of accountants will have a big
change in the next several decades. First, accountants will use increasingly
and these technologies might even replace the traditional approach (Islam, 2).The
implications for teaching accountants is also related with technology so Islam states:
This illustrates that accountants are supposed to work closely with technology in the
future, which can improve their work efficiency. More importantly, the robots might
cause threats for the job opportunity because The second future is one where
machines take over many of the actual professional duties, and the people using those
machines look very different from a professional today. (Schneider, 2). This explains
that in the future robots will be used widely in accounting industries, which will be a
threat for job opportunities for accountants. Therefore, in the future accountants
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works more closely with the smart technology and some robots will be used widely in
personalities love to communicate with people, and that is very important for being
becomes a very important factor that could have a potential effect on accountants
careers. Furthermore, Professor Rick Adams also illustrated that the finance is
becoming the center of the company in recent years so more and more accountants
work very closely with different companies so having good communication skills can
help a lot on their career development, which suits my personality a lot. More
importantly, I have also done a personality test called Gallup 5 strengths test and
the results showed me that my first strength is communication skills. This will be
explained to me that being an accountant can be very stressful when the busy season
is coming. For the reason that they have to serve their clients and usually they have
more than one client each day. They are expected to work under pressure, but the
future opportunity is very great because accounting graduates are able to not only
focus on the accounting department but also other departments such as marketing and
sales. Thus, my personality fits my future career and it will be very helpful that I have
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In conclusion, being an accountant requires some soft skills such as
communication skills and leadership. Also, strong financial analysis skills play an
important role for accounting graduates. At the same time, accountants have a very
competitive salary in the job market and although there are plenty of job
opportunities, they have to have the ability to engage in lifelong learning and they
have to work under pressure. Moreover, the robots have a great chance to take over
some accounting jobs but the future of accountants is still very optimistic. I think the
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Work Cited
Aurelio Locsin. The Advantages of Being an Accountant Chron. Hearst
Newspapers. n.p. n.d. Web. 29 October 2017
Barry Cooper. The future account BusinessLine. Financial Daily, 04 July 2002.
Web. 29 October 2017
Marie H. Kavanagh, Lyndal Drennan. What skills and attributes does an accounting
graduate need? Evidence from student perceptions and employer expectations.
Accounting & Finance. Wiley Online Library, 28 June 2008. Web. 29 October 2017
Maria Mdlina Grbin, Nadia Albu, and Ctlin Nicolae Albu. Determinants and
Perspectives of an Accounting Career. Empirical Evidence on Students
Perceptions World Academy of Science. Engineering and Technology. n.p. n.d. Web.
29 October 2017
Yee Ting Ngoo, Kui Ming Tiong, Wei Fong Pok. Bridging the Gap of Perceived
Skills between Employers and Accounting Graduates in Malaysia American
Journal of Economics. Scientific & Academic Publishing, 9 February 2015. Web. 29
October 2017
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UPEI-103
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