Government Sites
Accountant - Accountants and auditors keep track of a company's
money. The company's managers and people outside the company read their reports. Managers look
at the accountants' reports to see how well their companies are doing.
Bookkeeping Clerk - Bookkeeping clerks add, subtract, multiply, and divide many
numbers each day. They must be able to use computers to calculate and record data. There is a wide
variety of bookkeeping clerks. Certain clerks handle only specific accounts. Some bookkeepers
maintain books for an entire company.
Career Voyages - (Department of Labor) - Do you know what you want to be
when you grow up? What job do you think you would like? At this fantastic website, you’ll learn all
about different jobs, their pay and growth prospects, and how to prepare for them.
Economist - Economists do research. They prepare surveys to collect
data, and then figure out what the data mean. They also forecast how the economy might change in
the future. Economists study topics such as prices, jobs, taxes, interest rates, and the stock market.
Financial
Analyst - Financial analysts help people decide how to invest their money. They work for
banks, insurance companies, mutual funds, and securities firms.
Loan
Officer - Loan officers help people apply for loans. This lets people do things like buy a
house or a car, or pay for college. Loan officers help businesses by loaning them money to get started
or to buy equipment.
Real Estate
Agent - Real estate agents help people buy and sell houses. They must be able to say
approximately how much money a house is worth. They need to know what the neighborhoods in
their towns are like. They must know the laws that have to do with buying or selling a house. They
also can tell home buyers where to get a loan if they need more money to buy a house.
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