Your Life Work
A Look at the Value of Bookkeeping and Accounting
Wanted: Accountants and bookkeepers with pleasing personalities and strong moral character. We’re looking for professionals aware of production processes and the intricacies of manufacturing, who enjoy doing figures and have legible handwritten and an average command of English. These applicants should know bookkeeping thoroughly, have taken a specialized accounting course, and can analyze a business by looking at its records.
Did you ever watch those old informational films from the 1940’s? I saw a couple in high school; I think our teacher was trying to make us laugh by showing us how much things had changed. You might be surprised to learn that the above description comes from one of those old films. In fact, here it is, from “Your Life Work Series: Bookkeeping and Accounting” on YouTube:
Each of us is suited to a certain type of work. Is your future in bookkeeping and accounting? As dry as that video may be, much of what it says is still true today, although the opportunities in accounting and bookkeeping are much more exciting than they were 62 years ago.
Small Business Accounting
There were many small businesses in 1945. Things haven’t changed much; today small businesses are booming and the forecast for the future is. Unfortunately over 50% of small businesses today fail, casualties of poor financial management. Whether business owners were convinced they could manage the finances themselves, or whether their accountants didn’t understand their role as profit center expert, these businesses could have been saved with good small business accounting. The need for this type of accountant grows daily.
Start Your Own Accounting Practice
The job of managing small business accounting is perfect for the freelance accountant who has his/her own accounting practice. As a tax preparer you probably “enjoy doing figures” and just need instruction in order to gain the necessary skills to start your own accounting business.
Universal Accounting Center’s Professional Bookkeeper (PB) Program can teach you those skills. Most accounting programs teach big business accounting which makes up about 2% of accounting opportunities. Small business accounting, however, constitutes over 80% of those opportunities, and Universal has over 25 years experience training students in just that. Not only will the PB Program give you practical training in small business accounting, but it will also afford you the chance to earn a professional designation which will demonstrate your expertise to current and potential clients.
But don’t worry, all this doesn’t take years to achieve. In less than 60 hours, you can finish the course, earn the designation, and move on with your dreams. This video-based program enables you to learn on your own time, at your own pace. You can finish in weeks, or if that doesn’t work with your schedule, you can take a few months to leisurely move through the materials, which includes workbooks with real-life accounting scenarios that give you the practical experience you need to excel.
The accounting field is much more exciting than the 1945 Life Work Series film portrays. With your expertise in tax preparation, you can easily add accounting services to your offerings and expand your business into a full-time, year-round endeavor. Don’t wait to become a full-service financial provider. Enroll in the Professional Bookkeeper course today and save $90!
