Boy, have times changed! Thanks to recent accounting scandals by companies like Enron, there is a high demand for accountants and auditors.
According to the Job Outlook 2005 survey, accounting comes out on top as the most in-demand major on college campuses. Forget dot com start ups. Cleaning up a companys accounting books is whats in.
But can accounting be sexy?
All the focus on accounting created a perception to students that accounting matters and is perhaps even sexy, says Ira Solomon, head of the department of accountancy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Colleges are scrambling to find more accounting teachers and professors to replace those retiring. Not an easy task, since there are twice as many accounting faculty openings than applicants to fill them.
Here are the top 10 most in-demand college majors as surveyed by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE):
Manual Accounting Versus Computerized Accounting As many professional accountants and auditors state - accounting is a language of business which is accepted in all developed and developing countries.
Every company applies accounting because it is generally accepted that companies have to reveal certain financial and management information to the government and public users and of course because accounting is indispensable tool in business decision-making process. With the development of information technologies there were developed many computer products (software) that make accounting as easy as ABC for those who uses t ..
1) Accounting
2) Electrical Engineering
3) Mechanical Engineering
4) Business Administration/Management
5) Economics/Finance
6) Computer Science
7) Computer Engineering
8) Marketing/Marketing Management
9) Chemical Engineering
10) Information Sciences and Systems
If youre good with numbers and a stickler for details, you might want to consider accounting as a good career choice. However, youll probably have to take a number and wait in line behind all those other future accountant hopefuls.
Choosing The Best Accounting SchoolsAccounting is defined as the measurement of assurance about
certain information in the aid of resource allocation for
managers and other decision makers. The most popular and most
commonly practiced branch of accounting is financial accounting.
This branch of accounting involves processes where data is
recorded, summarized, analyzed, organized, interpreted and
communicated to others concerned. Many individuals are enticed
to enter the accounting field because it can be a very lucrative
job.
Accounting is a very exciting field. It presents many
opportunities for growth and developme ..
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