Top 10 accounting skills you need for a successful career

Are you an accountant looking for a successful career? Developing the right accounting skills can be the difference between achieving your goals and simply making do.

With the ever-evolving business landscape, certain accounting competencies have become indispensable, and there are …

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Top Accounting Skills for Your Resume

Essential accounting skills include strong attention to detail and an understanding of financial statements. Your resume should reflect your in-depth knowledge of accounting principles, as well as your reliability and adaptability, to show you have what it takes to succeed …

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5 Simple-ish Steps for Using ChatGPT to Write Your Accountant Resume

All your hard work has paid off, and you’re ready to start your career as an accountant. But while you’re great with facts and figures, summarizing everything you’ve done is something you’re not as excited about. 

Fortunately, technology can lend …

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10 Ways to Maintain Job & Internship Search Momentum During Winter Break

If you have not yet secured a job or internship for next summer, you may be worried about fielding questions from family members during the holidays.

Isenberg’s Office of Career Success understands that you may be anxious about these conversations, …

By Melissa Salva
Melissa Salva Executive Director, Undergraduate Employer Relations & Operations
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Accountant vs. Auditor: What’s the Difference?

Businesses rely on both accountants and auditors to create and review financial statements. The main difference between accountants vs. auditors is accountants focus on compiling financial data and crafting reports. On the other hand, auditors review financial information to ensure …

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CFA vs. CPA: What’s the Difference?

A CFA (chartered financial analyst) is a finance professional who analyzes companies’ financial data and stock prices to make meaningful predictions about future performance. CPAs (certified public accountants) are often responsible for compiling the financial data CFAs then analyze. Choosing …

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25 Best Accounting Firms for 2024

Today, we’re very excited to release our 2024 Vault Accounting 25, a ranking of the best accounting firms to work for. The ranking is based on a survey of more than 11,000 accounting professionals, who were asked to rate …

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We help applicants, students, job-seekers and professionals like you find the right career path using the power of firsthand experiences.
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What skills are becoming increasingly important to employers of accounting and other math-related majors?

At College Recruiter, we’ve seen a huge shift over the past couple of years by large accounting and consulting firms, Fortune 1,000 companies, and federal government agencies to hiring students and recent graduates based more upon their soft than hard skills.

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What Is Accounting?

Accounting is organizing and summarizing financial data for a business. Working in accounting involves a variety of tasks, including analyzing financial data and auditing a company’s finances. While accounting may seem like a career that exclusively deals in adding and …

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What Is a Chartered Accountant?

If you plan on working in the U.S. as an accountant, you’ll likely want to become a certified public accountant (CPA). But what if you don’t plan on working in the U.S.? What if your career goals include living and …

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