Accountant 

(Male, Age 23) from San Jose, CA

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At a Glance

Current Job

Basic data on your current job

Job Title Accountant
Salary $35,000
Other Compensation None Set
Hours/Week
Company Size (not answered)
Location San Jose, CA
Years Experience 1 year

Career Ratings

Opinions on your CAREER overall (i.e. not just your current job)

Years in Career 0
Education (not answered)
Income Rating 0 / 10
Interest Rating 0 / 10
Work-Life Rating 0 / 10
Fulfilment Rating 0 / 10

Current job Q&A

Describe the type of organization you work for.
ebay. online business, dot-com, auction-based

Describe your job role and responsibilities.
accounting, accounts receivable/payable. debit/credtiing various entries and organizing main financial statements

Please list an additional benefits (beyond compensation) that you receive.
401K

Do you feel you are under/over or well/fairly compensated at your current position?
well compensted

Does your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this something you like/dislike about your job? Please explain.
work alone, sometimes with others though

Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
Yes

Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?

Describe your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what you like/dislike about working in it.
Office cublical, sometimes boring and lonely, other times busy and frustrating working alone.

Please rate each of the following aspects of your current job on a scale of 1-10 (10 being the highest/best):
Income: 1
Benefits: 4
Hours: 5
Co-Workers: 2
Supervisors: 3
Job Title: 8
Level of Responsibility: 7
The Actual Work: 6

A day in the life of…

Please describe a typical workday for you in your current job:

5am to 6am
6am to 7am
7am to 8am Woke up and got into rush hour traffic. After arriving 10 minutes late, I got to my office and booted up the computer. After Windows started, I prepared to start Excel only to have it freeze. Then I had to call tech support to resolve the issue.
8am to 9am After getting the issue resolved, I started data entry on company worksheets. After finsihing entering data I had to create a chart out the data. I used Excel to create the charts, adjusted the colors and printed out the sheets.
9am to 10am After arriving at the meeting I presented and passed around the data sheets to each individual. I had a blown up chart with the printings for easier presentation purposes.
10am to 11am After the meeting I had go back to my desk. I had to complete a Powerpoint slideshow for a future presentation later in the day. I had to organize various data and pictures in order to complete the project.
11am to 12pm Before I had to present again, I had to meet with the office manager on computer/data issues that I had encountered eariler in the week. He said that the errors were done out of my cubical, but we later found out that it had come out of someone elses computer.
12pm to 1pm After resolving the error issue, I went out to lunch for an hour.
1pm to 2pm Coming back from lunch I had to resume the Powerpoint project.
2pm to 3pm
3pm to 4pm
4pm to 5pm
5pm to 6pm
6pm to 7pm
7pm to 8pm
8pm to 9pm
9pm to 10pm
10pm to 11pm
11pm to 12am

Table of Contents

How you got your job

How did you get your current job?
internet

What was the application process?
oniine resume

Did you have to interview for your current job? If yes, what did the interview process entail?
yes, individual interview

If you can remember, what questions were you asked during the interview?
what are your strengths and weaknesses, tell me about yourself

Do you feel your employer properly prepared you for your job? Explain.
Yes, the training provided by the employer helped apply the concepts I learned in college to a real life job.

Was there training for your current position? If yes, what did it entail?
Yes there was, it invovled multiple software training programs and tutorials.

Do you feel your educational background prepared you for your job? Explain.
School helped me a little, but not as much as I had thought. Some stuff I learned in school was confusing untill I actually did hands on work later on.

If applicable, do you feel your internship experience helped you prepare for your job?
Had an internship, but skill learned did not apply to job.

If someone wanted to go about getting a job similar to yours, what would you recommend for him or her to do?
look for an internship, network with others

What skills do you think a person should have if they want to pursue a position like yours?
computer/techical skills. knowledge of mircosoft office products, like Excel, powerpoint, word, works, windows operating systems

Do you feel that you need a certain level of education or training to be successful in your job?
not really

What advice would you give to someone who was about to start work in your position/ line of work?
have good work ethic, work really hard and the right people will notice, things will come to you in the end

Long-term career plans

Is your current employment part of your overall career plan? Why or why not?
No, I plan on working my way up, gaining some experience, then transistioning to another job later on.

What are your current career goals?
To work my way up from an entry level to a higher posistion.

Is there anything else you would like to share about your career?

Prior work history

Please list your most recent jobs prior to this current job:

Title Length Salary Description
Prior Job 1 accountant 1 year 30000 managing accounts receivable/payable, debit and credit of certain financial statements, assets and liabilites management
Prior Job 2 sales 1 year 6000 sales, customer service, phone answering

Educational background

Please list your educational background:

High School GPA:

GPA School Degree
College (Undergraduate)
or Technical/Vocational
2.6 San Jose State accounting
Graduate or Professional
(Masters or Doctorate)

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