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mulford
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Posted: 04 Jun 2010 at 18:42 \| IP Logged

Hi OnWayCPA where did you get that "incredible job that has great pay (a lot more than 45K) and UNBELIEVABLE benefits. They expect me to finish it soon which I will do in July. " if I might ask? Thanks.

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Posted: 04 Jun 2010 at 19:59 \| IP Logged

If you ever want to compare where you are in the salary market, go to any of the salary calculators such as Payscale.com. You can enter your education, size of firm, city and other data. They will prepare a chart of low, avg. and high salary range for you with and without the CPA.

There are specific accounting job hunting websites such as jobsinthemoney.com. Isaacson Miller (http://www.imsearch.com/searches.html) lists managerial jobs in non-profits. Google often has jobs at offices all around the world (http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/locations/).

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Posted: 07 Jun 2010 at 15:44 \| IP Logged

OnWayCPA, again, it depends on the region. All reasonable job ads that I saw in Chicago (meaning that job descriptions mentioned some analysis and not simply data entry) required the CPA designation and paid around $35-40k (staring). Many ads actually listed hourly wages. :-O If you live in the area where the market is not particularly competitive or cost of living is unusually high, or if you have some niche knowledge and many years of experience, then I will agree with you regrading the salary demands. Otherwise... a candidate might be out of luck...

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Posted: 07 Jun 2010 at 19:22 \| IP Logged

Aesop wrote:

OnWayCPA wrote:

I think the minimum acceptable salary should be $40,000 and thats only if you are working for a governmental organization that has insane benefits and incredible room to grow with good yearly raises.

Infact, in my job search that was the only time I ever saw those kind of salaries and none of them had a CPA requirement nor did you ever need to get a CPA. The one that did have an eventual CPA requirement had incredible growth and a great pay scale raises.

My point is, don't sell yourself short for a incredibly low paying job when you have a CPA degree.

I will be asking for much more than 40k with 20 years of experience and a CPA certificate.

I agree with both statements. $40k sounds like an entry level state gov job to me.

Aesop, 20 years of experience + CPA is great. You shouldn't have any problems with interviews, as most job postings I have seen require CPA + 2-5years ("preferably" big4/mid market) experience. At worst, maybe being overqualified might be an issue for you?

In my situation, I have no work experience and am only qualified for entry/associate level jobs. My issue is that associate level jobs are starting to require 1-3 years experience, which is typically senior level experience.

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Posted: 08 Jun 2010 at 18:53 \| IP Logged

Bob,

You might consider volunteering in accounting. Visit:

http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/FAQText/244-218 for a list of organizations.

Whether you are filing tax returns for members of the US military or providing accounting for a non-profit whose mission you support, you are gaining skills you can list on your resume. You can build up a year or two or three of experience and it shows employers that you have initiative.

In addition, you may just network your way into a great job! I had a friend who volunteered with an animal assisted therapy group and ended up getting hired via networking.

Go get 'em, Tiger!

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