My Career Paths

The first profession path that I have chosen is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). The job begins at the lowest level depending on the qualification, mostly at entry level as a staff accountant. The task in this job is to analyze financial information, prepare and maintain assets record, profit and loss accounts, debt and tax liability. The long-term job goal is to become a CPA specialist. In this job, one may from time to time have to travel to different firms to audit. The person is expected to work either at home, in an office or travel to different firm’s location.

The job fits me because it goes hand in hand with what I like most. Dealing and working with data, it follows set schedules and routine. The position also has a lot of demand, and I love to work independently. For a private company, I would expect a beginning salary of about $45k and $46k for a public company. Then end the job when I am earning $100k (Robert, 2018). From the job market outlook in the next decade jobs in this path are expected to rise by 17.6 percent.

To qualify for this, you must have passed all the CPA examinations, have a degree in any CPA related course and must have passed the ethics course. (EDD, 2018). This career path requires one to keep the CPA active and must pass all the career credential requirements. The career gives you options to work in various fields such as government, public and private fields. The job gives me the chance to make good money, it is a stable job, it has a high job demand, I get to become my boss, and there is the chance always to learn new types of businesses. From the above reasons, I would rate my job to be the best, perfectly fit for me.

The second career path is Forensic Accounting. The job begins at the lowest level depending on the qualification, mostly at entry level as a staff accountant. The task in this job is to analyze financial information, prepare and maintain assets record, profit and loss accounts and debt and tax liability. The long-term job goal is to become a Forensic Accounting specialist. Here, one does the job by investigating from its beginning. The working conditions here are expected to be more sensitive and deal with a lot of sittings and use of creativity and analysis. (CVTips, 2018).

Forensic Accounting would be my dream job because it deals with the tracing of money, which is one of my characteristics. I can quickly identify embezzlement and have an analytical mind that helps me make the right decisions. I plan to have a beginning salary of about $45k and $46k for a public company. Analyzing Forensic accounting from the job market outlook view, it is one of the world's most prominent professions. Qualifications are a degree in accounting and CPA certificate which are mandatory. Having a certificate in; Certified Fraud Examiner or Certified Forensic accountant. The career gives you options to work in various fields such as government, public and private fields. (Robert, 2018). The job is good. It comes with several advantages including the fact that it gives me good money, gives me the opportunity to catch bad guys and become fraud expertise.

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