background in accounting. There is a good outlook for accounts, more than 300,000 newjobs in accounting and auditing expected by the year 2005 and a faster than averagegrowth is expected over the next ten years. Salary and status, increase with time andrange widely on location, job experience, and job description. A graduate makes about28,000 plus overtime. A experienced accountant in a major firm get 30,000 to 40,000. Amanager salary ranges from 40,000 to 80,000. A CPA ( Certified Public Accountant)make between 100,000 and 200,000. A CPA need to take extra test giving by the stateand has to have two years of experience in public accounting. Accounting has beenmainly white men but last year 57% of new hiring were women. In the accounting profession, there is very little writing that takes place in aworking environment. This aspect of accounting is attractive to me because I am not abig fan of a lot of writing but as in every profession there is still writing that is done. Before the time of computers all accounting was done by hand in books, which isntreally actually writing, but still required allot more time and hand cramps. When keepingthe records of a business you need to write footnotes clarifying what numbers were usedand the formula used to create your answer. When interviewing Diana Forshee, theco-owner and financial accountant of Four Wheel Auto Supply, she opened my eyes tosome important things to know when writing in the workplace. She said that it is veryimportant to have good memos to other people in the business. It is important to havecorrect grammar, spelling, and the ability to write your message clearly so that anothercolleague can easily understand the point you are trying to get across. She also says thatthere are not many places to use writing skills in this profession but still that it isimportant to know how to write well because of the image it promotes. She rememberswhen she would be in a meeting and...
