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Surprise!
Accounting is the Hot New Major
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by:
Donna Monday
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There was a time when accounting was the
boring college major that many people regretted signing up for. A
constant barrage of numbers, statistics and spreadsheets was none too
interesting.
Boy, have times changed! Thanks to recent accounting scandals by
companies like Enron, there is a high demand for accountants and
auditors.
According to the Job Outlook 2005 survey, accounting comes out on top
as the most in-demand major on college campuses. Forget dot com start
ups. Cleaning up a company’s accounting books is what’s in.
But can accounting be sexy?
“All the focus on accounting created a perception to students that
accounting matters and is perhaps even sexy,” says Ira Solomon, head of
the department of accountancy at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign.
Colleges are scrambling to find more accounting teachers and professors
to replace those retiring. Not an easy task, since there are twice as
many accounting faculty openings than applicants to fill them.
Here are the top 10 most in-demand college majors as surveyed by the
National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE):
1) Accounting
2) Electrical Engineering
3) Mechanical Engineering
4) Business Administration/Management
5) Economics/Finance
6) Computer Science
7) Computer Engineering
8) Marketing/Marketing Management
9) Chemical Engineering
10) Information Sciences and Systems
If you’re good with numbers and a stickler for details, you might want
to consider accounting as a good career choice. However, you’ll
probably have to take a number and wait in line behind all those other
future accountant hopefuls.
About the author:
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Copyright 2004
Donna Monday writes employment related articles for
http://www.get-a-job-interview-quick-tips.com
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