Texts: What is your ideal career, and what about it interests you? When exploring job postings related to your ideal career, what knowledge and skills were listed that directly relate to this course?
My ideal career is bookkeeping. This career interests me because I keep track of all financial records and separate them by expenses for my business. The job posting I found is for a Full Charge Bookkeeper. This job requires performing aspects of bookkeeping such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, journal entries, taxes, payroll processing for clients, and a few other tasks. This relates to the course as it requires keeping journal entries and filing those for the business.
What key terms or experiences would you include in your resume, cover letter, or interview to showcase your relevant knowledge and skills related to the job posting?
Terms or experiences I would include on a resume or cover letter would be any experience with accounting, software knowledge such as Excel or QuickBooks, Data Analysis skills, and Service Orientation. The job posting requires impeccable accuracy, analytical skills, communication, and organizational skills. Monitoring, recording, and paying bills is also a part of the job, requiring journal entries to be made for all transactions.
Were there certain modules, topics, or skills from this course that you feel were especially relevant for your ideal career?
The knowledge and skills I learned from the modules will help me in the future as I have expanded my knowledge in accounting and how to track and record sales and expenses.
What similarities and differences did you see in your findings?
Some differences I found are the job I selected included Managerial Accounting, Taxation, Auditing, and Financial Statement Analysis, and your accounts payable, accounts receivable, journal entries, taxes, and payroll processing.
What suggestions would you give your peers about showcasing their newfound managerial accounting cost knowledge and skills?
Please help. What tips for finding relevant job postings would you suggest?
Please help. What general observations did you notice when exploring job postings or reflecting on how the material in this course can be applied to your ideal career?
Please help.