How to Become a Forensic Accountant

By : Erick R Johnson

If you want to learn how to become a forensic accountant you will need to begin with an analysis of yourself and your skills to determine whether this job is right for you. Getting education and career information from a local college that offers accounting programs is also a good idea. A forensic accountant can be involved in anything from a simple police investigation into criminal activity to a government investigation on terrorist attacks, with a blended role involving both accounting and investigating.

If you are going to become a forensic accountant you will need skills such as confidence, curiosity, organization and the ability to look beyond what is on the surface. You will also need good communication skills so you can easily get up in front of audiences to present evidence with an air of credibility. If you think you have these skills, then you'll need to start working on your education. In order to be certified as a CPA (certified public accountant) or CFE (certified fraud examiner) you will need to get a bachelor's degree as well as a master's degree with an accounting specialization focused on the forensic side of things. This will prepare you to pass the certification exams. Membership in the American College of Forensic Examiners will also help with your career goals.

There are many places to look for forensic accounting programs, just make sure you choose an accredited institution of higher learning that offers all the tools you'll need to succeed in your career. If you're serious about this profession, you can also talk to federal and state government agencies, insurance companies, police departments and lawyers to see what kind of forensic accountants they hire and what the job entails. This will help you decide what specific path you want to take in the forensic accounting field.

Once you have your degree and have passed the certification exams, you can enter the forensic accounting field as an entry level accountant earning anywhere from $30,000 to $60,000 a year depending on your location and job description. In a few short years, though, your experience will prepare you to earn a six figure salary, especially if you work in the private sector.

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You Can Become a Financial Planner

By : Susan Bean

If you like trying to make money into more money, then you should become a financial planner. A financial planner uses all resources at his availability, such as software, hunches, and graphs which show the trend of certain product growth, to determine what is going to occur in the market.

Analysts make decisions which, in turn, make them to decide whether to buy or sell for their clients. Oftentimes, now-a-days, all of these buy/and/sell trends are built-in to the software that you're using. They're designed to monitor the trends and then respond to them, making split-second decisions.

When people are experiencing frightening times, they basically just need for you to tell them that everything will be OK in the end. The thing that makes people so frightened is, they don't know what the outcome will be. When you give them something to trust in, even if the thing you give them to trust in isn't a guarantee, it makes them feel better about the situation.

To be a financial planner, then, is to uphold theories which hold the possibility that things will turn out OK if one just holds on long enough. When one keeps holding on instead of giving up hope, things get better. They didn't have the energy to do what was necessary before; but with a renewal of belief that things will turn out alright, they oftentimes can fight those feelings of fear and come up with the strength that's needed in order to follow-through and make things turn out in a good way.

A financial planner helps order their lives during a time when everything might seem to be thrown into chaos. Panic tells people to sell everything, run away, hide, go somewhere else. It tells them that whatever they have, that's the wrong thing. Get something else (it really doesn't matter what that something else is, to fear). Fear is a liar and must not be listened to.

If you are a financial planner, then you will be responsible to reduce people's fears. The reduction of people's fears does more than anything else to make things come out steadier and truer than they were before.

People have the tendency to make dumb decisions whenever there are troubled times. Money is a thing that can slip through your hands if you become frightened. "Got to sell... got to sell!" just keeps going through your brain when you're afraid. Or, just as irrationally, "...got to buy!" can replace that fear with another.

A financial planner's biggest job is to calm down their clients. Once someone has stopped panicking is the time to make decisions. The thing that has caused every market crash has been fear. The measures that have been instated to keep fearful things from making the market plummet are things which stop fearful reactions from taking over.

When you become a financial planner, you'll be learning how to deal with people's fears. You'll set their ability to feel that their future is more stable. Once that has occurred, people can make better decisions rather than just relying upon a bad sense to tell them what to do with their money.

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Publicist Offers Quick Tips to Job - Seeking Journalists Caught in a Lay - Off Frenzy

The employment outlook for the nation's newspapers is becoming bleaker every day. Well respected icons like the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times owners have filed for bankruptcy, Gannett has undergone massive layoffs, and newspapers continue to lose ground in competing for advertising with television and especially the internet.

In discussions with my many media contacts, I advise them to be prepared for the worst and to be proactive while still working. If a reporter, writer or editor does end up getting laid off one of the most important assets they will want to use in finding a new job is their PR contacts. Yes, that's right; the same people who send you press releases may be able to assist you in finding new work or a freelance gig.

The publicists you deal with on a regular basis may be in the best position to help you, and will want to help you. As for new jobs, I don't have to tell you journalism jobs are scarce so don't rule out coming over to the "dark side" by becoming a publicist either... it's not all that bad! Keep an open mind for some free lance work, or even a career change to marketing, corporate communications or web content. In any job search, networking is probably the most important activity you can do.

Since the corporate office won't always telegraph pending layoff plans, one of the first things I would do is to be prepared for that possibility by gathering all my contact phone numbers, email addresses, and mailing addresses and save them to a disc or memory stick and take it home. If that's not possible send them out in an email to yourself at another address. Why be so paranoid? I've heard of cases where the boss announces the layoff, reporters are told to hand over their blackberries and cell phones on the spot and then they're locked out of the computer system with no time to get that info.

Then if that pink slip comes, you'll have the info and you'll be able to reach each and every contact. Let them know you are searching for a new job and share information about the job you are seeking. If you are emailing them send an updated resume. Don't be bashful to ask for help and to tell them you've been fired, laid off or whatever. Don't keep it a secret. There's no shame in losing a job these days especially under the crazy economic situation we're in now.

After the bad news is announced make sure you or your former boss puts an auto responder on your email so if and when people email you there's an automatic reply stating you're not there and so and so is replacing you or whatever and that you can be reached for personal matters at this number or email address.

Because I deal with media persons all the time, I often deal with reporters, editors, writers and photographers who lose their jobs. Often the media outlet keeps the email address alive for months and someone else answers the email. Some media outlets even keep the reporter's phone mail going and someone else checks it periodically. Not all layoffs are done in the bright light of the day and as a result we publicists don't always hear about it right away.

Over the years I've compiled some resources to assist those in our business that I am happy to provide to you now. It's the least I can do:

PR Newswire It's a great resource and the local office may know of a local company or PR firm looking for employees. The number is: 800- 697-9712 prnewswire.com

PRSA - Public Relations Society of America prsa.org They have a "Job Center" section that allows you to post your resume.

Society of Professional Journalists spj.org/jobbank.asp Check out their Job Bank for members only. It may be worth the annual dues. There are some free resources that may be useful as well.

journalismjobs.com The Journalism Jobs web site allows you to search for journalism and public relations jobs across the U.S.

workinpr.com is dedicated to providing global PR professionals with strategic career resources and industry information.

Elance.com A web site devoted to freelance designers, illustrators, writers, editors, and photographers. A great way to pick up freelance writing jobs.

Editor & Publisher editorandpublisher.com The latest job listings from Editor & Publisher magazine.

Newslink.org This site features a searchable list of all media outlets from newspapers and magazines to radio and TV all on a city by city or news affiliation basis.

Mediabistro mediabistro.com This is one of my favorite sites. It keeps tabs on everything going on in the media world. It has job opportunities in magazines, television, radio, newspapers, book publishing, online media, advertising, PR, and graphic design. I read it every day.

HARO helpareporter.com A free service for journalists looking for experts. Similar to ProfNet. I suggest you monitor the 3+ time a day feeds to see what is going on in the world and you may spot an opportunity. I devour each of those emails myself.

RTNDA rtnda.org The Radio-Television News Directors Association posts jobs for TV and radio folks and offers a wealth of resources for job seekers. Searching for jobs is free.

In today's job market it's critical for job seekers to use the internet as part of their overall strategy. Make a list of career boards and visit them daily to do job searches. Better yet, sign up for daily email alerts. Go to the websites of the companies you want to work for and find their job postings page. You can also track the companies you want to pursue by signing up for Google Alerts on certain topics you want to follow or for the names of companies you'd like to keep tabs on as well.

There are also several general job banks that you can use to find public relations positions when conducting electronic searches. You may be aware of many of them but some of the best are monster.com, flipdog.com, hotjobs.yahoo.com America's Job Bank at ajb.org and you can find salary and job demand information for public relations and other fields by using the Michigan Occupational Info System (MOIS) at mois.org. Two additional sites directed to communications related jobs are talentzoo.com and PRCrossing.com

Although the internet will be critical to your job search, don't fall into the trap of staying home and expecting the job to come to you by email. You still have to hit the streets and meet with people you know, and people who know people who know people who are hiring. In the end, it is networking and personal contacts that will land you a job.

A media person's job search is, in reality, a public relations and marketing campaign. Use all the writing and creative skills you have to write a pitch and job marketing letter. You have written many articles to convince readers to share your opinion or to take action. Use those same skills to convince someone to hire you. Just consider it the biggest pitch letter you'll ever write.

As a publicist I've seen first hand the problems facing this industry and I understand that it is very tough for professionals in the media to keep their jobs and to find new jobs when necessary. But there is hope, especially when you use the skills you have to get what you need the most - that next job! And when you get that new job, drop me a line.

One more thing. Not to be a smart aleck but the newspaper business is thriving in one part of the world and some Americans are getting hired. Where? India. Go figure.

Scott Lorenz

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What Would Be Your Financial Planner Job Description?

By : Adrian F Alexa

If you want to make a career as a financial planner, you're going to need to familiarize yourself with a financial planner job description.

You will be helping to create a plan with either businesses or individuals so that they can better use their savings and income, balanced with their investments. You might either work for yourself, in a freelance condition, or you might be employed by some insurance company or other financial organization. Savings and loan establishments offer financial planning, as do banks, investment services companies, those who handle mutual funds or those who handle IRAs.

There are also tax sheltered investment plans and real estate. One decision that's currently being made is whether one should purchase gold as an investment. Back in the year 2000, gold was $278 an ounce. If you had been smart and purchased gold back in the year 2000, which I did, each ounce coin would now be worth $1200 apiece. Since I purchased 24 one-ounce coins, that means that my investment went up over four times in ten years.

I also purchased one platinum coin, which at the time was around $850. Now, platinum is over $1200 a coin. So, when you're doing financial planning, you should consider such things as gold, as well as stocks, bonds, and other methods of gaining security. At the time I had told all my friends to purchase gold; but nobody listened. That's the way with good decisions, you might see something very clearly whereas everybody else, because they've been thinking in the ways that people have thought for many decades, make poor decisions.

Thus, part of a financial planner job description should be, think on-your-feet. Don't just go by what everybody else is doing. They might all be doing it wrong. If you do it the right way, then you're the one who will be the right one even if you seemed to not know what you were doing back when you were doing it. One must always follow their gut instinct before everything else.

As a financial planner, you'll be helping people look at their long-term and near financial situations. Now, as opposed to any other period of recent past, you probably need a financial planner to help you assess what you should do. Fear creates bad decisions, and now's the time that you might make rash decisions that will affect the rest of your life. Not doing what fear is telling you to do is almost always the best choice at all times.

Financial planners are also sometimes called personal financial analysts. Some call them personal financial advisors or financial consultants. In each case, they will help you determine what to do in these times of tough economic straights. To get a handle on your fears, and see things in a more calm state of mind is always a good thing to do.

A financial planner job description would include the ability to tell people when the best time is to sell your home, whether you should take out a second mortgage on your house, what time you might start retirement, and such as those.

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Are Sales Jobs in Jeopardy Because of the Internet?

By : Adrian F Alexa

Sales jobs have their own history and might stand for one of the oldest métier in the world. Trade turned into sales and this segment has simply exploded. Yet, lately, sales jobs have been somehow affected by e-commerce, an invention of the internet, which annihilated the role of a sale person by offering a simple and an easier alternative to the traditional selling-buying process for the supplier and the customer.

We all know that internet can get us anything. This is why selling matches perfectly the Internet phenomenon. In addition to this aspect, Internet supports another important factor in sales - advertising.

An amazing advantage of e-commerce over classic sales is the fact worldwide web connects directly advertising to selling. This flow is not interrupted as in the case of classic selling methods. Therefore, we can say that internet advertising generates more rapidly and more efficiently a higher sales volume. Given this fact, many companies have started focusing more on this niche and implicitly minimized the role of their employees who performed traditionally this job. Moreover, some companies developed their business exclusively on the e-commerce method.

In contrast to a local store, a site on the Internet that promotes products has many benefits related to costs. For instance, a site can visited anytime 24/24h, 7 days a week and you do not need to hire a person to be there. However, the customer could order the item that interests him as the e-commerce is designed to process orders automatically.

All in all, many sales person state the fact that classic jobs are losing importance as the Internet allow customers to buy a wide array of services and products at their own pace.

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Career Choices - Play Safe Or Run the Risk?

By : Adrian F Alexa

Career choices -that is for sure a tricky issue for many of us, simply because career impacts quite strongly all aspects of our lives. Having a good career means that we are given great chances to improve significantly our lifestyle and consequently our overall attitude. Yet, this fact is pretty much conditioned by the decisions and choices we make regarding our career. At this point people might fall under two different categories, explicitly, risk-takers, and safe-players.

Well, when it comes to our career, it is wisely to find the middle path so as we will benefit from both approaches. It is all about keeping the equilibrium between two different approaches. The better we counterbalance risks and safety, the more we will experience career achievements. There are few tips that you might find of much help each time you are in the position of making career choices.

Do not be too radical

Going for the radical option is nonetheless too risky. The most common mistake is changing radically your sphere of interest. Switching between careers is not the same thing as switching between areas of activity. Therefore, if you assume this risk you will have to start all over again as a novice or an apprentice although you have been considered an authority in your previous career.

Focus on new career options

If you are not satisfied with your current job, do something. First of all, reconsider your options, you might simply notice that you have new and quite alluring opportunities. Moreover, if you tried anything else to improve your work and nothing good happened then you should act fast.

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Career Risks - Face Up the Fear of Failure

By : Adrian F Alexa

Building up a career is a challenge, it takes time, effort and of course a grain of luck. What happens when you do not pursue the path that you initially planned? Many have experienced episodes of failure, which might have dragged them down. It is important to manage wisely this kind of experience so as we will not let our pursuit be affected.

Therefore, if we want to cope with career failure, we should change our attitude, more precisely, we should approach from a different point of view all our endeavors. Here are some steps you may follow:

Risks is not equal to failure

Be being afraid of failure, we have an exaggerate tendency to associate risks with negative thoughts and implicitly the entire pursuit. We might call this a sort of auto-sabotage as if we voluntarily annihilate our perspectives to reach success. First of all, taking all the risks is the first step we make towards success. Try to envisage the positive side when you need to take further your career, soon you will realize that taking risks is worth considering.

Success is not a chain reaction

Mistakes, errors, wrong choices, call the as you wish, arre part of our lives. They make us stronger and quite often stand for a good lesson. Thus, each time you fail, think of how you can explore positively that particular experience. This strategy teaches you how to look for the bright side in all your attempts.

Be realistic

Self-confidence is nonetheless your key to career success, yet it is highly recommended to be fully aware of your own potential so that you will prevent a good row of deceptions related to your career.

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