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Report: Employment and Internship

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I must confess the sense of relief I had when I realized that I was enjoying accounting, since graduation was just around the corner.
My internship reaffirmed my decision to become an accountant.
I found that nobody expects you to know everything and that mistakes can be tolerated if learned from.
The experience has given me confidence in myself that was severely lacking beforehand.
I have realized that I want to continue working in the area of auditing.
Experience And Academic Benefits.
Experience is always an advantage when seeking employment. An internship provides a relatively nurturing environment for enhancement of your accounting ability as well as professional experience to list on your resume. An internship …show more content…

PREPARING FOR, PLANNING, AND MAXIMIZING
THE INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
Perhaps it goes without saying that you should strive to excel both academically and in extracurricular activities. This general advice applies equally to preparing for intern and full-time positions. Interns returning from their work experiences (and their employers) have provided extensive feedback on how to prepare, and plan for an internship as well as thoughts on how to maximize the experience. Here, this feedback is framed in the form of advice. Freshman And Sophomore Years.
Take your grade point average seriously and try to maintain a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or better if possible. Memberships and Officerships in clubs demonstrate initiative, energy, and people skills and should appear on your resume by the junior year. Varsity,

junior core at most schools: Intermediate Accounting, Cost Accounting, Individual
Taxation, Auditing, and Accounting Information Systems. Completion of these courses enables you to be more productive once on the job and to be an impressive representative for your school.
If academic credit is involved, some type of "learning contract" is normally used to formalize the duties that your internship will entail. Faculty advisors are responsible for learning contracts, but you should make sure such an agreement exists so that there will be no misunderstanding about what

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