| -> | | | | accounting records, including those which add up |
| According to the United States Department of | | | | expenditures, receipts, accounts payable and |
| Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, accounting, | | | | receivable and profit and loss. They usually |
| auditing and bookkeeping clerks held over two | | | | possess a wide range of skills and knowledge. |
| million positions in the year 2004. Accountants are | | | | Some experienced bookkeepers and transaction |
| needed in almost every business industry and on | | | | accountants can personally keep track of an |
| various levels of local and national government. | | | | entire company's financial records. Other firms |
| Local governments and the bookkeeping, payroll | | | | have individual clerks who deal with specific |
| services, accounting and tax preparation industries | | | | accounts within a business. |
| are some of the highest-employing fields that hire | | | | A business organization, no matter how large or |
| accounting clerks and other related occupational | | | | small, cannot succeed or function properly without |
| positions. | | | | the precise cataloguing of all company transactions |
| Today, many colleges offer a two year | | | | and expenditures. 80% of all companies fail within |
| Associate's Degree program in accounting. These | | | | their first five years of business. A high |
| courses prepare students for a para-professional | | | | percentage of them collapse due to lackadaisical, |
| job in accounting, auditing assistance and tax | | | | incorrect and inaccurate bookkeeping. This is why |
| evaluation and preparation. Associate Degree | | | | it is imperative for accountants to have the |
| programs assist students in acquiring the skills | | | | required knowledge and experienced that is |
| necessary to pursue a job in accounting. Students | | | | indicative of a college education. |
| become experienced and knowledgeable in the | | | | Students will learn to quickly and comprehensively |
| area of financial journal entries, analyzing | | | | summarize a firm's financial profile and information |
| transactions, bookkeeping and auditing. | | | | by interpreting, translating and preparing current |
| Auditing, accounting and bookkeeping clerks are | | | | and past financial statements. This dramatically |
| imperative to the accurate documentation and | | | | helps those in management positions make |
| thorough record keeping of a business or | | | | intelligent financial decisions. Accounting students |
| organization. They keep track of every pecuniary | | | | will often obtain employment as a bookkeeper, |
| transaction, payment, purchase, profit, economic | | | | accounts receivable clerk or other various |
| loss or payroll process that a company makes. | | | | business positions. |
| They maintain and update a few or several | | | | |