TECHNOLOGY IN ACCOUNTING TODAY

Information technology seems to be the buzzword today. Ever since the

introduction of the personal computer, it has done a great job of taking the world by
storm, and businesses have adapted it, transferring their paper records to computer hard
drives. It is not uncommon for accounting graduates these days to have a deep
background in certain ofce suites such as Excel, ord, and even !ccess.
It"s almost essential for those in accounting jobs to have these skills, especially
considering the number of records that are being kept in programs like Excel. #he thing
is$ Excel isn"t a program that you can just pick up and learn. It can sometimes take years
of practice to actually get the hang of it, as there are all kinds of intricate commands and
functions, some of which can actually involve visual basic scripting.
!ccounting careers have de%nitely become more complicated, but they just get
more complicated as you work your way up the corporate ladder. hile moving upward
used to just be dependent on business knowledge and the ability to speak, now you need
all of that, and the ability to work some of the more complicated systems. &ne of these
systems is '!(, a piece of database software that many companies use to keep track of
their expenses, employee records, and compliance information.
It is important for those in accounting careers to know that '!( is not an easy
program to operate. hile you don"t need to be able to code it, you do need to be able to
extract data from it and be able to get work done. &n top of that, you"re going to need to
know more than just the basics of the computer, you"re going to need to have an in)
depth information about how it works, that way your work *ow won"t be interrupted if
something happens to go wrong.
+ortunately there are many di,erent technology related courses you can take in
order to be up to speed. #here are '!( certi%cation tests and courses which can be taken
as well, and these will de%nitely make you more promotable within a company. &n top of
that, they will actually make you essential to the company as most of those in clerk jobs
are not '!( certi%ed, or at least not to a huge extent.
-ow that you know what it takes to be successful in clerk jobs and accounting
jobs these days, you need to act on it. .ou can do this by learning everything you can,
regarding technology, making sure that you focus on database software. #o add to this,
you need to %ll out your resume in a manner that highlights your computer skills along
with your accounting skills. !s always, make sure that you have an attractive cover letter
which tells your employer what type of resume he"s about to look at. ith any luck you
will get the employer excited, which is almost a guarantee that you"ll get the job, so long
as the excitement doesn"t stop after the %rst line of the resume. #here are plenty of
accounting careers out there, just make sure that you"re prepared to get the one you
want, and you can prepare by learning as much as humanly possible/ 0'ource$
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4. hy is it so important to master information technology for accounting professionals5
6. !ccording to the text how does accounting become more complicated nowadays5
7. hat do you know about '!(5
8. hy are accounting professionals demanded to know much about computer5
9. !ccording to the text above, what are the elegant manners of impressing employers5
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6. ;ecause now in accounting jobs, we need all of this skills such as business
knowledge, the ability to speak, and the ability to work some of the more
complicated systems.
7. '!( is a piece of database software that many companies use to keep track of
their expenses, employee records, and compliance information. '!( is important
in accounting careers but is not an easy program to operate.'o, you need to take
a course about '!( to make you know how to operate.
8. It is important for accounting professionals to know much about computer
because nowdays businesses have adapted technology especially personal
computer. It is useful because it has many functions and programs that can helps
accounting jobs like Excel, ord, and even !ccess. !ccountants also need to have
an in)depth information about how computer works, so that way their work *ow
won"t be interrupted if something happens to go wrong.
9. <earning everything you can, regarding technology, and making sure that you
focus on database software. .ou also need to %ll out your resume that highlights
your computer and accounting skills.