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As you look at the task of auditing the year-end books, your hands wring with anticipation. What am I going to find this year? Did we stay within budget? If anyone can balance the budget, you can, because numbers are your training. Check out Accounting.
The Program
If you want to work in accounting, you have to be prepared. Learn how to work in for-profit and non-profit organizations through experience in non-profit accounting, cost accounting, payroll accounting, federal taxation, and auditing. You'll learn to use commercial software packages such as Peachtree, MS Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, AM-Tax, and Quickbooks software.
Talk about convenience! Scheduling courses in the accounting program around your schedule will be easy! Take the entire program at Hocking's main campus in Nelsonville during the day or evening; or, check out Hocking's Perry County Campus in New Lexington, which offers a full day program!
This technology is accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs.
Learn By Doing
Every accounting student spends at least one quarter in the real world of accounting- with a local agency or business. You'll try out the skills you've learned in your hands-on simulations from class, and be the one that the practicum sites count on to keep their books in order!
Join a business club/organization that will increase your marketability!
- Kappa Beta Delta Business Honor Society
- Accounting Club
Jobs for Grads
Out of the Gate - Right after graduation, Hocking grads find jobs in certified public accounting firms, small businesses, manufacturing firms, and non-profit organizations. You could become a(n):
Job Market Outlook
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks held more than 2 million jobs in 2004 and are employed in every industry.
- Those who can carry out a wider range of bookkeeping and accounting activities will be in greater demand than specialized clerks.
What Can I Expect to Earn
Among other factors, salaries may vary by geographic region, cost of living, and employee’s previous experience. The following salary information is based on national averages.
Earnings of Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in May 2004:
| $28,570 |
$22,960-$35,450 |
$18,580 |
$43,570 |
Job Outlook & Earnings from Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-07 Edition, Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos144.htm
Course Of Study
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Accreditation/Approval
Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs
7007 College Blvd, Suite 420
Overland Park KA 66211
(913)339-6226
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