• Occupation Overview
• Future Growth Opportunities
• Job Description

II. Job Requirements/Prerequisites:

• Skill Requirements
• Experience Prerequisites
• Education/Training Required

• Bay Area Education/Training Resources

IV. Getting A Job:

• Employers Who Are/Will Be Hiring
• Recommended Job Search Strategy

V. Back To Career Guide Home Page

Employers Who Are/Will Be Hiring

Many types of companies hire Accounting Clerks: retail businesses, wholesale businesses, manufacturing firms, financial services companies, hospitals, schools, and even nonprofit organizations. And even in today's tough economy positions are available in firms of all sizes.

Recommended Job Search Strategy

1. Obtain a certificate or diploma from an accredited training program.

2. Check career centers in your county, as well as those associated with schools offering training in this area.

3. Check the classified section of your local newspaper.

4. Check the Internet for job openings. (Note: Website content and addresses are apt to change. The following were current at the time of publication.)

• Yahoo! Classifieds - classifieds.yahoo.com/employment.html

• Classified Gateway - www.sfgate.com/classifieds

• Headhunter.NET - www.headhunter.net/scripts/jobfind.asp

• Monster Board - www.monsterboard.com

• Jobs Jobs Jobs - www.jobsjobsjobs.com

For additional information on this occupational field, contact the following:

• The staff at your local One-Stop Career Center
  
  
• American Accounting Association - www.summa.org.uk/raw/aaa/links/natassoc.htm

• Association of Government Accountants - www.agacgfm.org

• American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers - www.aipb.com

• California Group of Accounting Firms - www.calgaf.org