Getting a Head Start in Your Accounting Career

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Getting a Head Start in Your Accounting Career
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• Think not of yourself as the architect of your
  career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do
  a lot of hard hammering and chiseling and
  scraping and polishing.
• - BC Forbes

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Did you know?

• NZ News and World Report listed the position of
  financial planner as one of the twenty hottest
  professions for the future. In fact, financial
  advisors, in general, are one of the most
  in-demand positions, according to a recent report
  on the toughest jobs to fill.

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• Are you want to make your career in financial
  accounting? Have you decided on a financial
  career? Wondering how to find the right
  accounting jobs to showcase your talents?
• Apart from having a good understanding of
  managing money, you should be more than just good
  with numbers. In this presentation we can have a
  look at basic skills and requirements that
  transform you into an outstanding financial
  planner.

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Educational Requirements

• Most of the financial jobs and positions are
  required only a Bachelors degree in finance, but
  some employers would like to hire financial
  analysts, accountants with a masters degree.
• The following courses can be considered while
  getting a bachelors degree since these courses
  helps you to settle down in a secure and right
  job. These courses include

• Managerial Finance
• Investment Analysis
• Statistics
• Financial Markets/International Business
• Marketing/Accounting
• Business Law Ethics

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Licensing Requirements

• Financial advisors who help manage investments or
  buy and sell stocks typically.
• Before you can apply for licenses to become a
  financial advisor, you must complete a bachelor's
  degree.
• Before commencing your work as a personal
  financial advisor, you should obtain a valid
  license.
• There are various types of licenses available for
  different financial positions for buying or
  selling stocks, bonds, insurance and other
  investment advice.

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Accounting and Finance Skills

• Apart from degrees and certifications one should
  have strong analytical and technical skills to
  get the best out of their job. The skills include

• Ability to use industry related software programs
• Strong reasoning
• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• Good communication

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Work Experience

• Having good work experience is the key to
  understand your role and responsibilities in the
  particular organization and sector. Getting work
  experience in an accounting and finance jobs adds
  more beauty if you are going to apply for a
  senior or expert level job.
• For an entry level job its mandatory to have the
  minimal skills in the field.

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• To find finance and accounting jobs in New
  Zealand any where with MyJobSpace visit
• https//www.myjobspace.co.nz/finance-jobs/
• https//www.myjobspace.co.nz/accounting-jobs/

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