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Abstract

This career research paper is all about being a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). All of

the informations are divided into 6 categories: History and Background of the Career;

Educational Requirements; Skills and Talents; Challenges; Goals & Opportunities; and Tasks and

Responsibilities of an Accountant. It serves as a guide for everyone especially for those aspiring

accountants and undecided students in what career path they’re going to take in the future. The

survey was conducted through Google Forms to 5 persons who are working in accounting

industry and gathered informations from a blog, news, and books. In becoming a successful

CPA, there are specific required skills like interpersonal skills in which related with

communications. From all the responsibilities they have, the respondents can accomplish it for

about 8-10 hours. As for cce.assumption.edu’s data, the job growth is expected at 11% from year

2014-2024 that’s why 4 out of 5 of the respondents are somewhat satisfied with their current job.

The most interesting part of being an accountant is building a good relationship to

different type of people and helping the company to have a wise decision by providing a

recommendation. From the researcher’s point of view, being a Certified Public Accountant is a

privilege and it suits her skills and interests with regards to the given duties of an accountant

that’s why she still wants to pursue this career in the future despite of the disadvantages of

staying in this career because this is what she dream of since she was 8 yrs. old.