Bookkeeper
- Ideal for detail-oriented individuals who enjoy working with numbers and data.
- Ensure financial accuracy and compliance, impacting business success and growth.
- Use advanced accounting software to streamline financial processes and analysis.
💰 Earn $46K-$64K
📚 Some College
Overview
Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. May also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers.Scoop
Risky (Decreasing by 5% or more)
Day-to-Day
- Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.
- Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes.
- Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.
- Operate 10-key calculators, typewriters, and copy machines to perform calculations and produce documents.
- Receive, record, and bank cash, checks, and vouchers.
Best For You If...
YOU Like 💕
- Influencing or leading others
- Using data or completing tasks
You are skilled in 💫
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Social Perceptiveness
- Service Orientation
You value 🙏
- Having support
- Accomplishing things
- Support
- Achievement
- Relationships
- Personal relationships
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Bookkeeper
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Pathways to this Career
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Vocational School
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Finish in 6 months - 2 years
Associate's Degree
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Finish in 2-3 years
Bachelor's Degree
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Finish in 4-5+ years
Hybrid College
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Finish in 2-5 years
Apprenticeship
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Finish in 2-5 years
Workforce Development Program
A workforce development program typically enhances participants' opportunities to succeed in the workforce through employment skill-building, career counseling, connections to employers, and pathways to high-demand and high-wage jobs.📚 Training
Finish in 6 months - 2 years
