| Getting a degree is crucial in today’s job market. But what you do within your degree is also of consequence. That’s why accounting subjects can be so important.
Accounting skills make you much more valuable to accounting firms and all sorts of businesses in Australia and around the world. So you’ll get better jobs throughout your career. Even first year accounting graduates can earn up to $55,000 a year.
Accounting and you
Maybe you’re not sure where you’re going? What business attracts you? Or you think you’d like a degree that equips you to change jobs when you want to?
Choose accounting as your major, qualify as an accountant and you can be almost anything - auditor, analyst, tax manager, fund manager, marketer, CFO, CEO. And because the skills you learn are so transferable you can easily take them into different industries - from economics to entertainment, sales to surf wear – and different countries.
It’s your time
Why accounting? Why now? Despite what you might hear, the world does need more accountants. The global economy is growing strongly, and businesses and accounting firms around the world need people to manage that growth. Last year, David Jones, Managing Director of Robert Half Recruitment commented that there are four jobs to every accountant in Australia.
That’s why 93 per cent of accounting graduates have full-time jobs within just four months of earning their degree (GCCA Graduate Destination Survey 2004).
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