Post on 30-Dec-2015
What is Accounting?
Practice and body of knowledge concerned primarily with (1) methods for recording transactions, (2) keeping financial records, (3) performing internal audits, (4) reporting and analyzing financial information to the management, and (5) advising on taxation matters. It is a systematic process of identifying, recording, measuring, classifying, verifying, summarizing, interpreting and communicating financial information. It reveals profit or loss for a given period, and the value and nature of a firm's assets, liabilities and owners' equity. Accounting provides information on the (1) resources available to a firm, (2) the means employed to finance those resources, and (3) the results achieved through their use.
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American Accounting Association
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Accounting Assistant Accounting Clerk
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Accounting Manager Accounting Specialist
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Accounts Payable Clerk Accounts Payable Manager
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Accounting Jobs
Accounts Payable Specialist Accounts Receivable Clerk
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Accounts Receivable Manager Accounts Receivable Specialist
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Assistant Controller Billing Coordinator
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Bookkeeper Cash Manager
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Controller Cost Accountant
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Director of Accounting Director of Purchasing
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Fund Accountant General Ledger Accountant
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Senior Accountant Staff Accountant
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Audit Director Audit Manager
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Auditor Audit Supervisor
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Billing Manager Billing Specialist
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Billing Supervisor Medical Billing
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Collections Manager Credit Manager
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Collections Specialist Credit Specialist
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Credit Analyst
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Internal Auditor Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Manager
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Payroll Administrator Payroll Clerk
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Payroll Coordinator Payroll Manager
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Payroll Specialist Payroll Supervisor
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Tax Accountant Tax Analyst
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Tax Director Tax Manager
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Tax Specialist
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Payroll Specialist Payroll Supervisor
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Director of Treasury Treasurer
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The average salary for accounting majors is up 3.7 percent to $50,500. For these graduates, the top industry—in terms of number of hires—is accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services, with an average salary of $47,050. Highest-paying employers of accounting majors, however, were securities, commodities, and financial investments employers; the average salary in this industry stands at $53,910.
http://www.naceweb.org/uploadedFiles/NACEWeb/Research/Salary_Survey/Reports/SS_January_exsummary_4web.pdf
http://www.jobsearchintelligence.com/NACE/jobseekers/salary-calculator.php#
Economics is the study of how people choose to use resources.
What is Economics?
From: http://www.aeaweb.org/students/
AEA Undergraduate Student Web Site
American Economics Association
Economics majors currently average $54,400—up 6.3 percent over the average posted in 2010. The most likely explanation for this: Securities, commodities, funds, trusts, and other financial investment firms are both the largest employer for these graduates and provided the highest average starting salary—$77,640.
http://www.naceweb.org/uploadedFiles/NACEWeb/Research/Salary_Survey/Reports/SS_January_exsummary_4web.pdf
http://www.jobsearchintelligence.com/NACE/jobseekers/salary-calculator.php#
Careers for Economics Majors
Students find that the major provides an excellent stepping stone for jobs in the private sector, including careers in:
Trade researcher Business management Department of Commerce Federal Reserve Board Department of Labor Treasury Department Department of Agriculture
Investment banker Financial analyst Insurance broker Consultant Economic analyst Statistician Trade specialist Professor