| Bookkeeping is the recording of all financial | | | | ·The large size of this occupation ensures |
| transactions undertaken by a business (or an individual). | | | | plentiful job openings, including many opportunities for |
| A bookkeeper is sometimes called an accounting clerk | | | | temporary and part-time work; those who can carry |
| in the US, is a person who keeps the books of an | | | | out a wider range of bookkeeping and accounting |
| organization. | | | | activities will be in greater demand than specialized |
| Bookkeepers are financial record keepers who | | | | clerks. |
| maintain accounting records. They tabulate | | | | Hours - |
| expenditures, receipts, and accounts payable and | | | | Many bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
| receivable. Bookkeepers spend their days making | | | | work in an office environment and generally work a |
| computations and use computers to calculate and | | | | standard 40-hour week. A large number of |
| record their data. Bookkeepers also prepare bank | | | | bookkeepers, however, work part-time. During specific |
| deposits by compiling data from cashiers, verifying and | | | | times of the year, bookkeeping, accounting, and |
| balancing receipts, and sending cash, checks, or other | | | | auditing clerks may work longer hours to meet |
| forms of payment to the bank. They also may handle | | | | deadlines during tax time, or when accounting audits |
| payroll, make purchases, prepare invoices, and keep | | | | are performed. |
| track of overdue accounts. | | | | Training - |
| Facts - | | | | Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks are |
| ·Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | | | | required to have at least a high school degree, but |
| held more than 2 million jobs in 2004 and are employed | | | | having a college degree is becoming more and more |
| in every industry. | | | | important to many employers. To move a head in your |
| ·Employment is projected to grow more slowly | | | | career, you will definitely need to have an associates |
| than average as the spread of office automation lifts | | | | degree or bachelor's degree in business or accounting. |
| worker productivity. | | | | |