Accounting Tricks And Tips

Accounting is a popular career choice, due to being in such high demand and entailing excellent financial prospects. It offers tremendous job stability, employing over 1,275,000 people nationwide. With a median income of $63,550 per year, and a projected growth rate of 13 percent over the next decade, it’s obvious why so many people turn to accounting as a lifelong profession. Accounting offers not only a stable job, but also the opportunity to grow and advance within the industry. By implementing a few basic tools into your daily job performance, you can increase your likelihood of getting a raise or promotion.

Pursue Higher Education

Education is pivotal in today’s workforce. If you seek to move up in your current job, you must first ensure you have the necessary credentials to warrant greater responsibility. If you’ve only earned your bachelor’s, consider pursuing a master’s. Possessing a master’s in accounting is essential if you hope to substantiate your qualifications and rise in the field.

Go Above and Beyond

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If you’re looking for a promotion or raise, you need to examine your own work to see if you deserve it. If your work efficiency and productivity has plateaued since your last promotion, or you’re consistently only meeting the basic requirements needed to fulfill your job title, then an employer has no reason to promote you.

You need to prove to your employer that you are eager to take on more responsibility, and you can do that by always going above and beyond their expectations. You need to demonstrate to your superiors just how committed you are to the needs and goals of the company and that you are willing to make sacrifices in order to meet the growing demands of the business.

Demonstrate Your Loyalty

In order to climb from your current position, your employer needs to know they can trust you and count on you to do a good job. To effectively demonstrate your loyalty to the job, you must always produce your best work, show up on time, and be the first to volunteer to take on extra work.

Seek Out New Opportunities

Constantly be on the lookout for higher-paying positions in other accounting firms. Oftentimes, your next big promotion may be waiting for you at another company altogether. Never be afraid to apply to other jobs while you continue to exceed the expectations at your current job. This way, you can maximize the opportunities available to you.

Communicate with Your Employer

If you’ve proven yourself to be an indispensable member of the team, your boss will want to do what is necessary to keep you on board. By expressing to your boss your desire for more responsibility and leadership, they may be willing to meet your demands, or at the very least, provide you with an outline of what you need to work on to move up.

With a bit of hard work and determination, you can rise in your vocation and progressively increase you income and responsibilities. As long as you’re willing to commit yourself wholly to your job, it’s only a matter of time before your employer recognizes your superb performance and rewards you for your efforts.

Accounting Tricks And Tips by Annie Davis is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.


Contributing writer ShiftFrequency November 25 2014

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