Sunday, March 28, 2010
Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire
I have found a book that will help me learn more about being a business woman. The book is called Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire by Mireille Guiliano. The book just caught my eye because it talked about how women can achieve their goals in business and pursue their dreams. The book is about more than just getting ahead or getting a promotion but about living a good life and being happy with what you do. At the same time you will be making the biggest contribution to the workplace. I will keep posting the great thing I learn for women in the work force.
The requirements that I need to become an accountant
So far I have learned a little about the things I need to do to become a certified accountant. I have researched schooling in the area. I believe that Northern Iowa University is the best choice for me. UNI supplies the assets that I need to succeed. UNI is ranked among one of the top 10 universities in the nation in passing the Certified Public Accountant examination (CPA). Professional expertise is also offered with the Master of Accounting degree. The success of UNI's accounting graduates has helped earn the College of Business Administration and the University a reputation for educational excellence. The accounting program has a proven track record in preparing students for the CPA exam. I believe that if I chose this path of education, that I will benefit with a great education and a chance for a career in accounting in the Cedar Rapids area.
The areas that are required for this degree are marketing, economics, management, finance and accounting classes so that I may receive my bachelor degree. After I have conquered these goals with a B average or above I will work toward my actual CPA. I will keep researching more to see what will be required to move forward. I will update with what I find.
The areas that are required for this degree are marketing, economics, management, finance and accounting classes so that I may receive my bachelor degree. After I have conquered these goals with a B average or above I will work toward my actual CPA. I will keep researching more to see what will be required to move forward. I will update with what I find.
Why I want to be an accountant
A question I get asked a lot is what are you going to do for a career? Some people can’t answer the question because it a big decision to make. But I can. I have known since I was little that I want to own or run a business of some kind. When I was little I always played that I owned some big timed business. I have wanted to have money and a comfortable and stable lifestyle.
This year I signed up for the career academy. This program lets you take college classes at Kirkwood to see the feel of different career options. I picked to take a personal financing and intro into accounting. We get college and high school credit for it so I thought it was a good opportunity. I loved the intro to accounting class. The class was a lot of fun and it came easy to me. I had a great teacher that had really good teaching skills. We learned from what debit and credits were to a full worksheet, we also covered the whole accounting cycle. It was a lot to learn and a lot of memorization. The accounting cycle has a lot of steps to fallow. We also learned how to use QuickBooks. We have to teach ourselves at home on are own computers. I found QuickBooks to be a little hard to learn without help from someone that knew what they were doing. I started to get the hang of it at the end. I just did what I could and tried my hardest and got a good grade on it. But it’s good that I know how to some what use QuickBooks because a lot of businesses look for people that have experience with it. Over all I got an A in the class and leaned a lot from this class. This is when I thought that I might want to be an accountant.
My personal financing class didn’t go the same way. I got the class and everything but just didn’t have the right teacher. The class was about learning how to deal with personal financing to save for retirement. I learned a lot in the class. The most important thing I took way for the class was to save young and always have a plan that you will follow.
I am happy I decided to be a part of the of the career academy because I took a lot away for the experience. This helped me find that I want to be an accountant someday. I want to own my own accounting firm someday down the road after I have all the experience I need to exceed. I hope to be a successful business woman.
To make all this come true I am going to attend Kirkwood for maybe two years. I will get all my requirements out of the way first. After that I will take some business classes because I also need to know how to run my own business. After one or two years I will transfer to UNI and get my accounting degree there. As I go to school I will be living at home so I can save my money and build my credit. After I will find a job and start my adult life from there.
This year I signed up for the career academy. This program lets you take college classes at Kirkwood to see the feel of different career options. I picked to take a personal financing and intro into accounting. We get college and high school credit for it so I thought it was a good opportunity. I loved the intro to accounting class. The class was a lot of fun and it came easy to me. I had a great teacher that had really good teaching skills. We learned from what debit and credits were to a full worksheet, we also covered the whole accounting cycle. It was a lot to learn and a lot of memorization. The accounting cycle has a lot of steps to fallow. We also learned how to use QuickBooks. We have to teach ourselves at home on are own computers. I found QuickBooks to be a little hard to learn without help from someone that knew what they were doing. I started to get the hang of it at the end. I just did what I could and tried my hardest and got a good grade on it. But it’s good that I know how to some what use QuickBooks because a lot of businesses look for people that have experience with it. Over all I got an A in the class and leaned a lot from this class. This is when I thought that I might want to be an accountant.
My personal financing class didn’t go the same way. I got the class and everything but just didn’t have the right teacher. The class was about learning how to deal with personal financing to save for retirement. I learned a lot in the class. The most important thing I took way for the class was to save young and always have a plan that you will follow.
I am happy I decided to be a part of the of the career academy because I took a lot away for the experience. This helped me find that I want to be an accountant someday. I want to own my own accounting firm someday down the road after I have all the experience I need to exceed. I hope to be a successful business woman.
To make all this come true I am going to attend Kirkwood for maybe two years. I will get all my requirements out of the way first. After that I will take some business classes because I also need to know how to run my own business. After one or two years I will transfer to UNI and get my accounting degree there. As I go to school I will be living at home so I can save my money and build my credit. After I will find a job and start my adult life from there.
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