| 1. Employment Profile: What exactly does a n accountant do? |
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 What field is your job in?
manufacturing
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What is your job title?
accountant
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Please provide a brief description of the firm or organization that you currently work for
(size and general description of what type of organization it is)
a large diversified manufacturing facility
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How long have you been employed in this position?
14+
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How many hours do you work a week on average?
40
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Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
accountant and hr manager
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What was your gross income last year? Please include any bonuses or incentives received.
50000
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What is your expected gross income for this year? Please include any bonuses or incentives you expect to receive.
52000
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Please
list any benefits you have (Please include number of weeks vacation,
sick leave and type of health insurance, retirement plan 401k)
401K
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Do you feel you are under/well/over compensated at your current position?
about right
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| 2. Work environment! |
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Does
your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this
something you like/dislike about your job? Explain
Yes I work with alot of people on a daily basis and I usually like it
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Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
Yes
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Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
Yes
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Describe
your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what
you like/dislike about working in it
It is an office in a manufacturing facility, the office is actucally a double wide trailer but it is seperate from the plant area so it is nice, open and clean
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Please rank in order of importance from 1-8 (1- most important 8- least important) Assign each number once.
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2 Income
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3 Work Environment - co-workers
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4 Work Environment - supervisors
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5 Benefits
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1 Hours
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7 Level of responsibility
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6 The actual "work" you do at your job
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8 Job Title
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3. How should someone new to the workforce get a J-O-B like yours?
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If someone wanted to go about getting a job similar to yours, what would you recommend for him or her to do?
have an education, at least an associates degree but perferably a bachelors degree, get any business related accounting experience you can early, it makes a big difference if you have an education and experience when seeking a job.
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What
skills do you think a person should have if they want to pursue a
position like yours? Please be specific and explain why (e.g., social
skills, organization skills, technical skills)
In my job you have to do a little bit of everything, so you need people/social skills as well as accounting and business background. Every job today I think you need ot have great organizational skills, in this day and age of multi-tasking we all need to be organized. I think math skills are of course the most important as well as a good bit of common sense
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Do you feel that you need a certain level of education or training to be successful in your job?
yes, as I said before at least a 2 yr but perferrably a 4 year degree
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What advice would you give to someone who was about to start work in your position/ line of work?
keep track of what you are doing for at least the first couple of months. alot of accouting is repetitive and keeping a log of what you are doing and how you did it will come in handy the next month
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| 4. How did you get your J-O-B |
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How did you find your current job? (e.g. newspaper, internet, referral, etc.)
referral by my college job placement program
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What
was the application process for your job? (e.g. submitted resume, paper
application, electronic application, all, etc.)
subitted a resume and interviewed
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Did
you have to interview for your current job? If yes, what did the
interview process entail? (e.g., number of interviews, who you
interviewed with, group interview, individual interview, etc.)
yes, meeting with the president of the company at the time and his assistant (small company)
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If you can remember, what questions were you asked at your interview?
it was very long ago, I think it mostly entailed my past work experience and education
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Is this the job / field you planned to work in?
No
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If
your job is in a different field from your original plan how did you
get here? Explain (Plan can be from high school/college/post
college/personal plan)
I wanted to be a medical technician but didn't have enough biology and chemistry so I went with something I knew already which was business and majored in accounting. My family had a business when I was growing up and I did alot of the bookkeeping with my Mom
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| 5. Background: Are you qualified? |
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Was there training for your current position? If yes, what did it entail?
Yes some but I mostly learned as we went along, alot changed since I was first hired so you can say it was on the job training
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Do you feel your employer properly prepared you for your job? Explain
I guess, they hired me, and I had alot of previous experience from my family and 1 other job
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Do you feel your educational background prepared you for your job? Explain
in some ways, I think my background prepared me more that the education but you need to have the education in addition to the experience
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If applicable, do you feel your internship experience helped you prepare you for your job?
n/a
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Name of School |
GPA |
Type of Degree |
Graduation Date |
| High School |
N/A |
n/a
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N/A |
1980
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| College |
University of Pittsburgh
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2.9
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BA in Business Accounting
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1984
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| Graduate School |
n/a
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Starting
with the most recent, please list your last two positions/jobs before
your CURRENT POSITION. If you have held internships or volunteer
positions, please include those in the count. If you require more space, please use it.
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Type of Company |
Job Title |
Length of Employment |
Salary (with bonus) |
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manufacturing
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plant accountant
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14 years
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53000
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Description of Job
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Type of Company |
Job Title |
Length of Employment |
Salary (with bonus) |
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n/a
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Description of Job
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| 6. The Future and Beyond (FINAL SECTION) |
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If someone were to observe you at work, what would he or she say is “fun” about your job?
the people I work with are great, we try to make light of our jobs and have some fun
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What
is (are) the most fulfilling aspect(s) and least fulfilling aspect(s)
of your current employment? (e.g. fiscal, spiritual, type of work,
hours, commute, compensation, etc.)
I would always choose to work shorter hours than I do 8-5 weekdays and the environment is not always pleasant becuaase it is manufacturing. But it is fulfilling to help people with the HR work I do so I find that helps
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Is your current employment part of your career plan? Why or why not?
I don't know, right now I guess it is, the area I live in the job market is not the greatest and I receive a nice salary for this area so I guess it is my career plan for not\w
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What are your current career goals? (Can be broad or specific)
I think about going back to school for a masters degree but don't feel it will help my career that much, but I am still pondering it
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Is there anything else you would like to share about your career?
not at this time
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