Vision Project

November 2011Caitlin

So, I’m pretty much an average 18-year-old..

I’m not very good at this whole powerpoint thing,

I love spending time with my friends,

listening to music,

and spending way too much time on Facebook, Twitter, and watching MTV

I love Disney movies, Starbucks, Criminal Minds, and I actually like

reading…

…I re-read the Harry Potter books every Christmas (even though I should have grown out of that ages ago)

I played rugby in high school, but I’m not really the sports-playing type (we did make it to the 2009 provincials, though!)

Some of my biggest accomplishments are:Graduating from high school and getting into college,

Saving enough money to go to Europe in 2010 with my high school…

And China in 2011

I’m an extremely organized, goal-oriented person. I’m pretty decent at math, and I like to think I work well with

other people

Because of these things, my strongest Holland groups were Conventional, Social, and Investigative

This basically says that I learn best when presented with concrete steps and facts that I can write down, and when I am given the

opportunity to learn by doing as well as observing.

I think I would best suit a job where I could work both independently and with others, indoors with stable daytime work

hours.

Because of all these things, and the fact that I think I would fit well in an office setting, I think I would make a pretty decent

accountant.

It’s a stable job that’s always in demand, and involves working both independently and with coworkers and clients. The fact that I’m organized and good at math doesn’t hurt,

either.

Since accountants are needed for every business, they are always in demand. The average salary for a full-time accountant is $66,000 a year, which is not bad

at all!

Becoming an accountant is a lot of work, though.

Through BCIT or SFU it takes at least 4 years to get a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, and that’s just the start.

After the Bachelors degree, I will have to complete a training program that has been approved by the Society of Certified General Accountants, which involves several years of on-the-job training. Only after doing all this

(so at least 6 years later), will I become officially certified as a CGA… It’ll eventually be worth it

Wherever I end up in the future, the most important

thing to me is that I stay close to my family…

…and my best friend, who are the most important people in my life

I’m hoping to attend BCIT starting September 2012

and find a decent-paying job to support me through college (being supervisor at Dairy Queen isn’t exactly cutting it).

In the years to come I hope to become a successful and independent person, who’s financially stable with a great social life. Even though

that’s pretty far down the line, I think I’ve got a fairly good start.

the end.