Majoring in accounting can open many doors for your future. Students entering the accounting field has grown in the past couple years. So why do people become accountants and why are accountants so successful? Accounting firms are looking for young accounting majors, they are recruiting and offering scholarships and signing bonuses to college graduates. Josee Rose from the Wall Street Journal said that “According to the National Association of Colleges and Employer’s 2008 job-outlook survey, accounting is the No. 1 bachelor’s degree in demand by employers.” Even with the economy in its place right now there is still demand for new accountants.

Accounting is considered the language of business and accounting shows how businesses are doing and what needs help. There are many different positions that an accountant can hold. They can become a public accountant, who provide auditing, tax, accounting and consulting services to businesses and individuals, public accountants can be in a firm or by working for themselves. Areas in public accounting include auditing which is the most important function of being a CPA, a large percentage of time in firms is spent auditing. Accounting and review services consist of maintaining accounting records to performing compilation. CPA firms do numerous of the taxes for many companies and individual clients. They prepare and review tax returns, tax planning and tax litigation. CPAs also do management services; which consists of consulting or management advisory services. This can include computer systems, management information systems, marketing, executive recruiting, personal financial planning, and budgeting techniques. There are so many jobs within accounting and so many different options for accounting majors.