What Makes the Resume of an Accounting Student Stand Out?

| Last updated on July 22nd, 2009 by | Filed under: Careers in Accounting, Words to the Wise | One comment so far

Most people embrace college life with such euphoria that they initially lose track of  the ultimate reason why they decided to attend college: gaining a sustainable competitive edge for the highly dynamic and brutal job market. Consequently, a majority of students unsuspectingly spend half and sometimes two third of their college lives  just going through the motions until reality takes the center stage: post graduation employment prospects are bleak… Ouch! It’s indeed rather difficult to make up for time lost.  In order to improve your post graduation job prospects, it is primordial to recognize that each and every year spent on campus do count toward building a robust undergraduate resume.  Most importantly, you will need to learn to allocate your precious time between playing hard and working hard. The rest of this post will focus on the latter while the earlier will be left at your discretion. Continue reading What Makes the Resume of an Accounting Student Stand Out?

| First published on July 22nd, 2009 by | Filed under: Careers in Accounting, Words to the Wise | One comment so far

Students Beware: You've Got a Bullseye on your Back!

| Last updated on July 14th, 2009 by | Filed under: Words to the Wise | 2 comments have been submitted - join the conversation!

Everything I have written about up to this point had to do with accounting education. For this post  I decided to break away from that pattern just to give a juicy ” flava” to this blog. The journey that leads you to a college degree will be filled with opportunities and threats. This post will focus on the latter.  With the myriad of threats out there, I decided to square on the ones that are the most common to most if not all campus experiences.  As time goes, I will be reporting on more threats. But for now, let’s take a look at some services provided or offered on college campuses that pose a potential threat to your college experience. I welcome all criticisms and contributions! Continue reading Students Beware: You’ve Got a Bullseye on your Back!

| First published on July 14th, 2009 by | Filed under: Words to the Wise | 2 comments have been submitted - join the conversation!

A Two Headed Monster Named Intermediate Accounting

| Last updated on July 5th, 2009 by | Filed under: Financial Accounting | 5 comments have been submitted - join the conversation!

So you cleared Principles of Accounting and you are now ready to take on the double headed monster known as Intermediate Accounting. Intermediate Accounting is the only two-semester course sequence that you have to go through in order to obtain your bachelor of science in accounting. Because of the depth and breadth of the topics covered in a typical Intermediate Accounting course, I gave it a nick name: The Two Headed Monster. I also came up with a nick name for Auditing but it will be revealed when I write a post on the auditing course. For now, just do yourself a favor by accepting de facto that intermediate accounting is going to test your resolve. Going through the two semester course sequence is often a very labor intensive process. You will need to devote 10 to 15 hours a week digesting what you will be taught in the classroom. The purpose of intermediate accounting is to help you understand, prepare, and use financial information. Most of your understanding of financial accounting and reporting will take place during the two semesters you will devote to this course. I often wonder why they call this course Intermediate Accounting as apposed to Applied Financial Reporting which seems to be a more suggestive appellation. Rather than debating on what would be the most appropriate name for Intermediate Accounting, you will be better served if I forewarn you about the most challenging topics that you will likely encounter while taking this two-semester course sequence of accounting. The following is a list of topics that I have personally found very difficult to assimilate. Please be mindful that this list is not intended to be exhaustive nor universal. Continue reading A Two Headed Monster Named Intermediate Accounting

| First published on July 5th, 2009 by | Filed under: Financial Accounting | 5 comments have been submitted - join the conversation!

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I am an accounting professional actively seeking the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation. Disclaimer: This blog site is published by and reflects the personal views of Narcisse Dansou, in his individual capacity. It does in no way represent the views of his employer. The author assumes no responsibility for errors, omissions, or damages, caused from the use of the information contained herein.
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