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The Champion, Thursday, June 25 - July 1, 2015 EDUCATION
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Need for accounting
professionals increasing
by Ashley Oglesby
ashley@dekalb champ, com
Careers in account
ing and auditing are on the
rise according to this year’s
release of the Georgia De
partment of Labors “Hot
Careers to 2022.”
Statistical Program
Operations Chief Corey
Smith said the listing was
determined by three criteria
areas.
“The growth in the ca
reer must be faster than the
state average job growth,
wages have to be above state
averages and there must be
100 or more expected job
openings,” Smith said.
Accounting and audit
ing careers are expected to
have 2,170 annual job open
ings and, according to 2013
statistics, the annual wage
for these careers is approxi
mately $73,100.
“Accounting is so broad,
there are so many different
areas that students can select
from for their career field,”
said Jennifer Bolden, asso
ciate professor of accounting
for Devry University.
Bolden worked in audit
ing for more than 20 years.
She said students majoring
in accounting can go into
various fields with the de
gree, “anywhere from book
keeper, a comptroller, [or a]
chief financial officer for a
company in addition to the
auditing realm of jobs.”
“You can do internal
auditing where you’re work
ing for a specific company
or you can be an external
auditor where you’re going
around to different clients
and auditing their books.
There are also opportunities
to work in taxes or fraud,”
she added.
Bolden, currently work
ing toward a Ph.D. in ac
counting, said she wrote
her dissertation on certified
public accountants in Geor
gia. Through her research
she said she noticed “a lot
of older certified public ac
countants retiring out of the
industry.”
Bolden said, “When I
hear these statistics about
why there are so many job
openings and growth in the
accounting area, it’s because
a lot of our older, seasoned
professionals are retiring out
of the industry.”
She said, “The ac
counting industry is pretty
stable. When companies are
downsizing there are rarely
any job cuts in accounting
because it is already a lean
department.”
According to Georgia
Department of Labor sta
tistics, students seeking a
career in accounting and
auditing must be skilled in
critical thinking, problem
solving, proficient in read
ing, listening, writing and
comprehension, have the
ability to work with comput
ers, process and analyze data
and occasionally be able to
schedule, organize, plan and
prioritize.
Devry University’s Keller
Graduate School of Man
agement student Samantha
Larmond has worked in ac
counting for more than 12
years. She said the biggest
challenges of the industry
is “getting out of college
you may not have adequate
experience. While you have
Notice of Public Hearing for
Clarkston Millage Rate
Notice is hereby given that prior to setting the tax
millage rate for 2015, the Clarkston Mayor and
Council will hold a Public Hearing at City Hall,
3921 Church Street, Clarkston Georgia, on
Wednesday, July 1,2015 at 7:00pm and Tuesday,
July 7,2015 at 10:00am on the proposed millage
rate. The City Council is proposing to adopt a
millage rate for 2015 that exceed the rollback rate
by 53.80 percent. All concerned citizens are
invited to attend.
the degree, companies might
be looking for more experi
ence in terms of work and
software experience. Anoth
er thing is if you spend too
much of your work years in
a certain area, a lot of times
you can get pigeonholed
into that area.”
Larmond said for the
past nine years she’s been
in the architectural and en
gineering area. “The best
way for me to get the type of
salary that I want would be
to stay in this type of indus
try, but I would like move
into the public accounting
arena,” she said.
Moving into a different
arena of accounting could
mean taking a pay cut until
she gathers the type of ex
perience that is specific to
public accounting.
“I would advise under
graduates or any students
pursuing a career in ac
counting to make sure they
intern during the summer
and holidays and make sure
they get to see what area
within accounting that they
want to get into, that could
be a big help,” she said.
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Youngsters assist in packing up their school’s supplies.
Kingfisher Academy relocates
Kingfisher Academy
on LaVista Road in Tucker
is moving to a new space
across the street at the First
Baptist Church of Tucker.
“We are excited at the
chance to be right on Main
Street and to become more
involved in the community,”
said Megan Bolado, a King
fisher board member. The
move will take place mid
summer in time to begin
school on August 25.
“This year will be a
growing year for our el
ementary students,” said
Debbie Gathmann, director
of Kingfisher Academy. The
new site will allow us more
possibilities for our place-
based curriculum projects.
We can’t wait!”
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GEORGIA, DEKALB COUNTY
A petition has been filed with the Board of Commissioners of DeKalb County, Georgia,
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for the construction of a sewer infrastructure in Land Lot(s) 375 of the 18 District of
DeKalb County, Georgia, description of which is as follows:
Sewer Main shall run along Carnaby Court and Yarmouth Court and impact
properties located at 1471,1472,1475,1478,1479,1487,1492,1495,1502,
1503,1511,1512,1519,1520 Carnaby Court, and 5240,5241 and 5244
Yarmouth Court.
Same to be constructed and the costs assessed against the abutting property. Said
Petition has been set for hearing before the Board of Commissioners at 9:00 a.m. on
Tuesday, August 11,2015 in the Auditorium of the DeKalb County Maloof Center, 1300
Commerce Drive, Decatur, Georgia.
All persons, whose interests are affected by the proposed sewer, desiring to be heard,
are hereby notified to appear in person or by attorney at said time and place and
present such objection or evidence therein as their interests require.