Relocation 101:

How To Relocate Before You Find Another Job (Part I of II)

So you’ve decided that you want to work somewhere else. You’re tired of the local rat race and want a change of venue, new scenery, a fresh start. This article is for those who know exactly where they want to live, but have yet to find a job there. What’s the best approach to take in order to get the job you want in the city you’ve chosen?

First thing’s first. If you’ve already chosen a location, you should calculate its cost of living. Sometimes people find themselves in a bind when they haven’t done the math, and they’re in a new city with a higher cost of living without the salary to sustain it. Determine the impact cost of living will have on your move long before you pack the UHaul.

Which Comes First, the Relocation or the Job Offer?
It’s no secret that finding work in a city where you live is much easier than finding work in a city miles away. It’s easier to schedule interviews, research companies, locate job prospects, and network. But it can be difficult to fund a job search in your dream city when you don’t have a job, and the average job search can take anywhere from 3 to 5 months. So which comes first, the move or the job?

Funding Your Job Search
If you’ve chosen to move first, then here are three ways to pay the bills while you look for your dream job in your dream city.

Do temp work. Temp work has more advantages than you might imagine. First, you can earn money while looking for your dream job. Second, you can sample different organizations to get a feel for what you’re looking for in an employer while showcasing your skills. Third, you’ll have a greater opportunity to network. And fourth, you’ll have the flexibility to schedule work around your job search.

Freelance. Consider doing freelance work until you find a job. This could also provide you with networking opportunities while bringing in the money to pay your bills.

Study your spouse’s benefits. Sometimes employers offer employment assistance programs that help the spouses of relocated employees find new jobs. These programs often have access to exclusive job listings.

Tips for an Effective Job Search
Once you’ve figured out how to fund the hunt, you need to start looking. Here are three tips that will jump start your job search.

Establish local contact information. The first thing you should do after moving is obtain a local address and phone number to share with potential employers. It will be difficult for them to schedule interviews if they don’t have any contact information.

Find local accounting associations. Often cities will have accounting associations that can provide you will valuable leads.

Network. This should happen long before you move and the minute you pull into your first local gas station. Look for opportunities to meet with other accounting professionals so you can get those leads you’re looking for. Also be sure to tell your friends and family about your intentions; you’d be surprised at how many people know people in your dream city.

Once you figure out how to fund your job search, you can take the time you need to find the job of your dreams. Be sure to research local companies and hand-pick the employer you want to work for. And be patient; settling for a mediocre job may prevent you from the opportunities you would truly enjoy. Happy Hunting!

Come back next week to learn how to search for a job in cities outside your residence.

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Relocation 101: Finding a Job outside Your Residence

(Part Two of a Two-Part Series)

While most would admit it’s much easier to find a job when you search within the city where you reside, it is possible to find one outside your current residence. Whether you’re looking within a specific area or for “anyplace but here,” you can find what you’re looking for as long as you follow a few simple rules.

Here are 7 things you can do to increase your chances of finding work in another city:

1. Use online job search engines

The internet has made the world a much smaller place. Many companies post jobs to sites like www.monster.com and www.careerbuilder.com. In fact, there are even job sites that specialize in the accounting profession like www.jobsinthemoney.com and www.accounting.com. You should start searching these sites to see if you can find a good match for you.

2. Search want-ads

But not all companies use the internet when looking for job applicants. Many still post openings in the want-ads. And just because you live out of town doesn’t mean you still can’t access this valuable job-search tool. Here’s an internet site where you can find want-ads in just about any city: http://www.newspapers.com/

3. Consider working with a recruiter

Good recruiters are well-connected when it comes to job openings. They will be aware of more opportunities than you would find in the want-ads or through the internet. Unless they work for a specific company, you’ll need to pay them a flat fee to match your skills with the type of employer you’d like to work for.

But the cost is often well worth it. If they do work for a specific company, you need to realize that they’re working to fulfill the company’s needs rather than yours.

4. Post your resume and mention your desire to relocate

You’ll get even more exposure as a potential job applicant if you post your resume to the internet. This can be done on most job search sites. Potential employers that you would not have considered may contact you in reference to a position. This can multiply your options.

5. Get help from contacts, and network any chance you get

Now’s the time to look at everyone you know, professional and personal contacts alike. Let everyone know of your plans to change jobs and see what leads you get.

Also be sure you continue to network, especially when traveling for job interviews, etc. It will be the perfect time for you to meet other professionals who might be aware of job opportunities that match your interests.

6. Reduce employer risk

You become much more appealing to potential employers if you can reduce the risk they take in hiring you. Tell them upfront of your desire to relocate, and if you’re in the process of moving, let them know. This will assure them of your intention to move. And if you can afford it, let them know they need not reimburse you for the cost of the move. Many companies will offer a relocation package that will pay a certain amount of your moving costs. But this makes you the more expensive candidate and may deter some employers from hiring you.

7. Offer unique skills

One of the best ways to get a leg up on local competition is by having unique skills or job-related credentials. Consider ways you might enhance your resume, because employers will probably hire local applicants unless you have something more to offer.

UAC’s Professional Bookkeeper Designation Can Help

In less than 60 hours you can complete the Professional Bookkeeper Course which will train you in the practical application of small business accounting. The Professional Bookkeeper Program also offers you the opportunity to earn a professional designation, which will strengthen your resume, showcasing what might give you the lead on the competition. Don’t wait to increase your value to potential employers. Learn more about the PB Program today. Purchase our introductory video for $9.95 or watch online for free.

It is possible for you to get a job outside of your current residence, you just have to work a little harder to find what you’re looking for and to convince potential employers that you have more to offer than the candidate down the block. Don’t be intimidated by the challenge. Get busy and get hired!

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. - Oscar Wilde

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. - George Bernard Shaw

We’re one month into the New Year. Is it what you had anticipated? Are you happy in your job? Do you see yourself continuing to learn and grow and make more money? If you didn’t answer yes to those three questions, than you need to reevaluate your career and determine what changes may be necessary.

If you’re unhappy or dissatisfied with your current position the worst thing to do is wait it out, to sit in your cubicle, think about how frustrated you are and complain about it. We’re not recommending you make a rash decision and quit your job tomorrow. But we are suggesting that now is the perfect time to assess and determine the course of your professional future.

Reflect
There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is imitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest. - Confusius

You need to take the time and assess your current position. What about it do you enjoy? What about it do you wish were different? Are you in the right industry or do you need to reconsider occupations? In order for you to best prepare for an ideal future you need to consider all your options, not just those that are most convenient. Think about starting your own accounting practice or earning additional income as a tax preparer. Reflect on those things you enjoy and explore all the career possibilities that exist within that field. And if necessary, do a little research. Talk to professionals in your industry of choice and see what advice they offer. It’s important that you not let your current “rut” determine the course of your career because the longer you stay in a job you don’t enjoy the more difficult it is to extract yourself from that dreary cubicle.

Refocus
Focus on your potential instead of your limitations. - Alan Loy McGinnis

Once you determine whether or not you want to stay in your current position you can refocus your attention. What do you need to do to accomplish your career objectives? Do you need to focus your energy and attention on earning a promotion, finding a new job, getting additional training, or exploring financing options for that accounting practice you would like to start? After considerable reflection you should be able to determine where next to focus your professional efforts. Consider making a To-Do list indicating what you must do in order to achieve your career goals.

Act
Never by reflection, but only by doing is self-knowledge possible to one. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

You can reflect and plan all you want, but nothing happens unless you act. It’s important that after you reflect and refocus you take the necessary steps to realize your goals. If necessary, make them small and simple. Pace isn’t as important as progress.

If you don’t take the time to evaluate your career, chances are you will keep plodding along at the same pace and in the same rut. You deserve to enjoy your life’s work, and now is the perfect time to reflect and assess your current position. Job satisfaction is a crucial element in your overall satisfaction of life. Take some time today to reflect, refocus and act!

A Valuable Introduction to UAC’s Professional Bookkeeper Program

While colleges train accounting majors how to manage the finances for large corporations, over 98% of businesses are small. There is a huge demand for accountants who understand the specific needs of small businesses, because the most common problem plaguing small business owners today is their inability to understand their finances. Not only that, but for years Universal Accounting Center (UAC) has proudly relayed reports that by 2008 accounting jobs would increase by 20%. That great forecast has been extended to 2014! They predict “Employment of accountants and auditors is expected to grow faster than average for all occupations through the year 2014. As the economy grows, the number of business establishments will increase, requiring more accountants and auditors to set up books, prepare taxes, and provide management advice.” The future is bright for accountants!

If you’re interested in securing a job in accounting, or would like to advance in the accounting field, it’s not as difficult as you might think. You can earn at least 20-30% more without going back to college. It’s no longer necessary to spend 4 to 5 long, agonizing years and thousands upon thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money to increase what you can earn in your accounting career. Universal Accounting can help you do this, like more than 30,000 others just like you!

Ask Yourself an Important Question

Have you ever looked at those in the accounting business who are making more than you and ask yourself, “Why not me?” You’ve even gone as far as to look into what it would take to reach that level and found it could take years of training and tons of practical experience and asked yourself, “How in the world am I going to get that?”

Is it possible to draw from 25+ years of experience and the highest quality practical training in less than 90 days?

In the video you are about to watch below you will understand how Universal Accounting’s Professional Bookkeeper Program is designed. Since 1979 Universal Accounting has specialized in training those like you in small and large business the art of accounting and what you need to know in order to advance your career within the profession. We have put that experience to work for you so that you could get to the level you want to be, in your accounting and bookkeeping career, in the shortest amount of time possible.

The Professional Bookkeeper’s Program contains proven accounting strategies developed and practiced by Universal Accounting and its graduates.

Take a few moments and watch this five-minute clip and see what is involved in changing your life for the better with these new skills. Universal Accounting Center’s President and CEO, Allen Bostrom, will provide a description of the course modules, including the benefits of this video-based program. Click on the play button to start the Introduction.

In watching the video above you discovered how today’s universities train individuals in the complexities of audit, tax, and accounting standards for large corporations. Little is mentioned regarding the day-to-day accounting practices for the small business. In choosing a bookkeeper/accountant, a small to mid-size business owner should seek a professional qualified to support the needs of his/her small business. And when you earn the Professional Bookkeeper designation you will be recognized as an individual with the vital small-business bookkeeping and accounting expertise in a variety of industries.

The Professional Bookkeeper certification uniquely announces to employers and clients that you have proven your ability through training, testing, and experience to confidently provide full bookkeeping and accounting services. The best decision you can make is to invest in yourself with the right training that will get you to your next level, your next promotion, or increase in pay. Can you afford to hesitate to take the easiest step in the whole process of getting to your professional goals and dreams?

A Message from President and CEO, Allen Bostrom

” . . . Continuing education is key to furthering your career, and the fact of the matter is the more skills you are able to bring to the table, the quicker your career will become everything you want it to be.

There’s never been a better time to get yourself on the right track and enroll in the Professional Bookkeeper’s program. The rewards will not only be richly rewarding but will give you greater satisfaction over almost anything else you can do.

When you make the right investment in your career, your employer will pay you and be glad to pay you what you’re worth.”

Best Wishes,
Allen Bostrom

Enroll Today!

Don’t wait another day to make that personal investment and advance your career. Order the Professional Bookkeeper Program today!

An Introduction to What Beginners Will Glean from the Professional Bookkeeper Program

Are you tired of working for what seems like an eternity, without ever getting ahead? Do you dream of making more money and being able to enjoy it? Do you wish you had more free time to spend with your family or pursuing your favorite hobby? The field of accounting could offer you all that and more. The accounting field is growing at a phenomenal pace and the US Department of Labor predicts that “Employment of accountants and auditors is expected to grow faster than average for all occupations through the year 2014. As the economy grows, the number of business establishments will increase, requiring more accountants and auditors to set up books, prepare taxes, and provide management advice.” In fact, here are just a few occupations you could qualify for with the proper accounting training:

• Accountants Accounts Payable Clerk
• Accounts Receivable Clerk
• Bookkeeper Clerk
• Payroll Clerk
• Accounting Clerk
• General Ledger Bookkeeper
• Office Manager
• Accountant
• Controller
• Full-charge Bookkeeper
• Internal Auditor
• General Ledger Accountant

One of the great things about a career in accounting is that you can begin as a clerk and work your way up to a controller. It’s a great career path, but do you really want to start at the bottom and work up? The Professional Bookkeeper Program teaches you the skills that you need to skip over the entry-level positions and get right to those job opportunities that might take someone with traditional accounting training years.

Why is our course so different that we can make these claims and back them up with hundreds of testimonials? In short, the Professional Bookkeeper Program gives you practical, hands-on training in how to do the accounting and bookkeeping critical to the day-to-day running of a small business. Universities don’t teach small business accounting, so your training with Universal Accounting will better prepare you for rapid growth within the company that you are in or for a new job opportunity than even a college degree can.

How do we know that it works? 25 years of students have gone on to better careers and increased pay through mastery of the skills that we teach in 60 hours. If you want to supercharge your career advancement in the least amount of time, the Professional Bookkeeper program can get you there fastest.

We also give you a very unfair advantage; follow-up support that is second to none. We give you the confidence to take on even difficult accounting and bookkeeping issues through our hands-on training, but with Universal Accounting, you are never left alone. You can call one of our coaches even after completing training with us. A great benefit? Definitely! Unfair? Maybe, but it is an advantage that will give you the confidence to know that you can do this!

Want more of a taste of what the program is all about? We’re glad to give you all the information you want to be able to make the right decision for your career’s advancement and financial opportunities in the near future. Below you will find a video sample of what a beginner can expect from the course work on the instructional DVD’s and the sessions on each of the Modules I - III. And here’s a sample of the Accounting Manual (in PDF format) you can have as you watch the sample class.

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Don’t Just Take Our Word For It

Here are what UAC graduates have to say about their experience with the PB Program:

“This course offers a comprehensive review of the accounting process, as well as providing a system to help you help yourself. The instructors not only teach, but offer an unheard of level of support. I would highly recommend the course to anyone.” -Laura Ogden

“After graduating from this course I now feel competent to run my own bookkeeping/accounting business. I want to thank the staff at Universal Accounting for the outstanding course of instruction.” -Gary Hamblin

“I wish I had taken this class five years ago. I’ve been working in the accounting field for over 10 years and didn’t know half of what I learned in one month in this class. I feel completely qualified now to accept a position of great responsibility with a large organization or to be self employed. I’m excited about the potential for money making that this course has given me.”-Kris K. Trout

What’s Next For Me?

As a professional pursuing the best accounting training possible, you don’t want to leave anything to chance when it comes to your financial future and your career path. We work on the philosophy that you only get one chance to make a good first impression, and when you are going into your employer (potential or current) and start the negotiations for your next step up in your career, you want to have the surety that whatever the situation as a “Certified Professional Bookkeeper” you’ll be able to confidently handle it for the company. Enroll in the Professional Bookkeeper Program today!

Advance Your Account-Ability

Last week we discussed how the Professional Bookkeeper (PB) Program benefits individuals with intermediate accounting skills. Now is a great time to take advantage of the talent shortage in the accounting industry. Whether you have no accounting experience whatsoever or an extensive background managing financial records, you can benefit from the PB Program which will train you in small business accounting.

So how can those with advanced accounting skills benefit from the Professional Bookkeeper Program? Module III is where you begin to advance your account-ability.

Setting-up Books from Scratch: An Inside Look at the Process from Beginning to End

Continuing your education is key to keeping your skills vital in the workplace. For those who have been in the accounting field for some time, there are items in the accounting process that become forgotten or were perhaps never well-known in the first place like Percentages of Completion, Progress Billings and Cash and Accrual Systems. You will learn profit-making ideas that will be worth their weight in gold (or salary and billable hours) to employers or clients.

Allen Bostrom, President and CEO of Universal Accounting Center, will teach you the complete processes of accounting and bookkeeping, from starting a company’s books to maintaining them. The program is designed to help you practice these processes for yourself in various training activities that will increase your confidence and account-ability. With more than 27 years experience training professionals like yourself, Universal will teach you how to avoid the standard pitfalls that face all accountants and bookkeepers who start and maintain a company’s books.

Universal has the training you need to reach the levels of success you seek. Only in the Professional Bookkeeper program will you find highly concentrated training and experienced mentors to provide you with quality instruction and feedback. The PB Program provides a “lighted path” you can use to be successful in your accounting career.

For Those with Advanced Accounting Experience

Below you can watch a sample of the quality instruction you will experience in the PB Program. This video clip will introduce you to Module III, featuring Allen Bostrom teaching valuable accounting skills. If you don’t understand everything you hear this first time, don’t worry; the beauty of learning via DVD instruction is that you can review concepts and principles that you didn’t quite understand the first time.

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How Does This Benefit You?

92% of all businesses are classified as small businesses. Unfortunately the majority of accounting programs, including university curriculum, focus on training participants in large business accounting. This doesn’t prepare students for the real life, day-to-day accounting tasks they will likely encounter in their careers.

Chances are you work for a small business. If you want to advance your career and earn the promotions you deserve, enroll in the Professional Bookkeeper Program where we will help you focus on the financial needs of the small business.

Don’t Just Take Our Word for It

The PB Program is designed to give you an experience comparable to thousands of other UAC graduates. Here is what some of them had to say:

“I was very pleased with the training I received at Universal Accounting Center. I had done bookkeeping for six years and was amazed how little I really knew. After graduating from Universal, I have a lot more confidence in my capabilities.” -Diane Murray

“Without your training program I would never have considered this position, I now have the confidence and the skills to be an effective member of the corporate level management group.”-Ralph Coleman

“After taking this course I have gone from “I can do your books” to “This is why your company can’t do without me!” It was exactly what I was looking for. It is money well spent! I now have the marketing confidence to go out and get clients!” -Darlene Bennett

“I was hired in the Director of Finance division at my current job. I was up for VP of finance. With the usefulness and immediate application of this course, I was a “shoe-in” for the position. As the 4 weeks unfolded - I was able to immediately apply the information almost daily. My goal is to build my retirement fund by building my business. I would recommend this class to anyone who wants to enhance their competency in accounting and bookkeeping.”-Jackie M

With the right training, you too can receive the confidence necessary to reach higher levels of success. This training will give you a distinct advantage over other accountants and bookkeepers competing for the same positions and promotions. This training will also eliminate the time and money spent experiencing the standard trial and error experienced by your counterparts.

What’s Next For Me?

Nowhere but at Universal will you be able to find this kind of focus on the correct principles of small business accounting. You will not find this real-world training in any university, college or applied technology setting. Only at the Universal Accounting Center will you gain access to the right information you need to achieve your professional pursuits and career goals.

Invest in your future. Invest in yourself. Enroll today.

And “Settle” Small Business Accounts

A pioneer is described as someone who opens a new area, paving the way for others to follow. We’d like to introduce you to a pioneer accountant you just might be interested in following, Alf Bostrom.

Alf Bostrom
Alf Bostrom was a financial manager who saved many small businesses from economic ruin. Born in 1926, just years before the depression, Alf learned the value of hard work from an early age. At 16 his father died, leaving him to help support his family. Two years later, he joined the Navy and was in the Pacific Theater fighting World War II when Japan signed the peace treaty. His early career was spent in different capacities with various small businesses, learning important principles of business profitability. In the 1960’s, Alf decided to start his own management company.

Of course, starting your own company is a courageous venture, somewhat of a pioneer effort. But his approach was very unconventional. For a percentage of future profits, Alf offered to take over the management of failing businesses. He wouldn’t earn a penny unless the business profited from his efforts. And what business wouldn’t take him up on it? Many were suffering huge losses; some were on the brink of bankruptcy. Alf managed 22 businesses in the course of his career, 8 together at one time. He became known as “The Turn-around King” and learned a thing or two about why small businesses fail and what they can do to succeed.

What is a Pioneer Accountant?
Alf recognized an accounting need that wasn’t being filled. 50% of small businesses fail, and that failure is often attributed to poor financial management. Alf was able to step into those failing businesses and use solid accounting practices to turn them around. He was willing to go into, for the most part, uncharted small business territory and settle some messy accounts. While most were looking for accounting opportunities with larger companies, Alf found great opportunity and satisfaction building his own community by helping small businesses thrive. In fact, many of those turn-around companies are still in business today. Alf was a pioneer accountant.

You can go to a university and be trained in accounting. Unfortunately, you’d only learn about corporate accounting which makes up a small share of the accounting opportunities out there. Where do you find the rest? In small business. Alf continued his pioneer efforts by taking his practical experience and turning it into a small business accounting course. In 1979 he formed Universal Accounting Center to teach CPA’s, accountants, and small business owners the proper method of small business accounting.

UAC’s Professional Bookkeeper Program
The Professional Bookkeeper Program is the fruit of Alf’s pioneering accounting efforts. And this business has been kept in the family. In 1992 , Alf’s sons joined his practice and had helped build it to what it is today, a nationally recognized accounting institution. Universal’s hope is that graduates can take what they learn from the program and effect positive change in small businesses and in their own lives.

Expand Your Business and Effect Change in Your Community
As a tax preparer you possess a natural ability to work numbers; that’s the only prerequisite for the Professional Bookkeeper course. And with just 60 hours of your time, years less than what it would take at any college, you can use the Professional Bookkeeper (PB) Designation to expand your services and become a full-service financial provider.

Become a pioneer accountant and use your talents and abilities to help small businesses succeed. Order the 3-module Professional Bookkeeper Program today and save money! You’ll learn small business accounting by “doing” small business accounting; this offer comes with 2 free practice sets! Join a pioneer effort and change your own life in the process!

Don’t let the “I should have’s” creep into your accounting career! Look into . . .

The Best Career Decision You Can Make

In The Video You Are About To See Is Right In Front Of You, And Within Your Grasp

It’s all about the experience you have and the specializations you have mastered. Accounting and Bookkeeping is no different. It is the quality of the training you receive that makes the difference of what you earn!

Go ahead and try to find a more comprehensive training program than what you can find in Universal’s Professional Bookkeeper’s Program. You can’t. We know because we have scoured the industry. This is no accident! We want to be your answer for your next promotion, pay increase, or financial opportunity that comes your way in your place of employment. That is why we have gone the extra mile, heck the extra 5 miles with what our course covers, so that you can come back to your training and find the answers that face us in the accounting and bookkeeping industry.

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Watch the Video Below and see how you benefit from the The Professional Bookkeeper’s Training:

— Increase Your Marketability in the Profession. Only the Professional Bookkeeper program gives you the hands-on knowledge to best service the greater percentage of business types out there; small businesses. You want training to support companies creating new jobs. The small business sector is where you will find that growth today. You’ll be able to go anywhere there is business happening and have the skills to provide for you and your loved ones handsomely. No more worrying about lay-offs, downsizing, or corporate restructuring. the skills you learn and develop with the Professional Bookkeeper’s Training are yours to keep.

— The Professional Bookkeeper Program teaches real-world skills that you can use right away. Forget spending year after year in class learning accounting and tax “theory”. We cut right to the core and teach you the techniques used in the real world. No fluff, no fat. In 60 hours or less, you learn to do practical accounting and bookkeeping tasks that you will use right on the job the very next day. Where could you find training that you can use the next day to improve your position, your company, or your department? Universal’s training is timely and up-to-date, and applicable right away to real-life accounting situations.

— Imagine the confidence you will be able to have, the trust you will create with those you work with, the source of information you’ll be, the person with the answers for the financial health of the company. Can you imagine how indispensable that will make you to the company, or your department? If by chance you have something arise that you haven’t dealt with before, the course workbooks will become an invaluable addition to your library. These reference books include tables and charts not available from any other source. You can refer to them often, saving you hours of research looking for the right information. The workbooks alone are a wise investment.

— By going through the program, increasing your knowledge and skills in accounting and bookkeeping, having the talents many companies seek diligently for, and being an indispensable member of the company with the answers this program focuses on (the practical and efficient methods of doing a business’ accounting) you’ll be able to literally write your own pay check. Wherever you decide to ply your accounting and bookkeeping wares when you have the experience and the Universal certification as a “Professional Bookkeeper”, asking and getting that money you deserve will be not a question of “if” but a decision of “which one?”

What is The Professional Bookkeeper’s Program

Now you’re thinking! Let’s tackle the first part of it: What is The Professional Bookkeeper’s Program from Universal Accounting . . .

The Professional Bookkeeper’s Program is an exhaustive course containing the proven accounting strategies discovered, developed and practiced by Universal Accounting and its graduates.

In fact, please take a few moments and watch this five minute video clip on what is involved, click on the play button to start the Introduction.

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The Accounting Tools For Success Are At-The-Ready For You

In the video you just saw Brenda details for us the essential need of continuing your professional education to increase your opportunities. With each workbook of each Module you will be able to gain for your professional career the accounting “tools” of the trade that can take you to the level of employment you seek. Universal Accounting’s training goes into such detail to allow its graduates the ability to tackle what is faced day in and day out in a full service position.

Additionally, we practice on various types of business model examples to broaden your expertise in each kind of business you may be in and address your need to have several opportunities to gain the hands-on knowledge and confidence of having mastered what that type of business faces in accounting needs.

The skills, prior experience and expertise that employers are seeking is what Universal has tirelessly targeted and designed the comprehensive instruction around. As our graduates stated in the clip you just saw, you will also be able to gain, as they did, for yourself. That desired position, added responsibility, increase in career opportunities and the subsequent increases in pay you have set to achieve in your profession is within your grasp. Don’t hesitate in making them a reality for you!

Take advantage of this golden opportunity now. Don’t delay in making that investment in yourself! Time is precious, and you can ill afford to put off the accounting industry leading training that has proven time and time again to work with not just hundreds of graduates, but thousands over and over the last 25+ years.

The Backbone of Accounting

The Money Is In The Details - Practical Small Business Applications

Get a taste of the personal one-on-one instruction from Allen Bostrom himself as he explains in “layman’s” terms the basics of Accounting and Bookkeeping

Enjoy the clip of the training and instruction you’ll receive in the Professional Bookkeeper’s program. Hands-on training is key to being able to retain what is being taught. When you can not only see it being done, but do it yourself as well is one of the best ways to effect learning on the accounting professional. In Module II of the Professional Bookkeeper’s course you will get that crucial training you can depend on to do the day-to-day responsibilities that are a part of your accounting related position.

We have a way for you to be able to get comfortable with the different types of business models that are out there. Each with their separate concerns and items to track and look out for, Universal Accounting has developed Module II around the intricacies of each business type in practice sets. Will all business be exactly alike as they are in our examples? Probably not, but in our differing types, we cover the major areas that are included in companies such as yours or the ones you hope to be doing business with. Get the training you deserve so you can earn what you are worth!

For Those Who Have Been In The Accounting Field Previously

Below you will be able to view a sample of what you can expect in your training course and the quality of the instruction you will receive from the leaders in the industry. This brief rundown of what is in Module II, featuring Allen Bostrom, President of the Universal Accounting Center, details for you the real-time accounting knowledge that fills Module II coursework. Don’t worry understanding everything the first time. The beauty of learning this way, is being able to rewind and view the material as much as you need to.

Create for yourself a learning atmosphere and let all of the Professional Bookkeeper’s valuable instruction to seep in. You can do it!

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How Does This Benefit You?

When you gain the knowledge that Allen gives in the Debit’s and Credits of the Bookkeeping process you can better understand the benchmarks of your company’s or your future customers’ books will contain. When you build from the ground up your Accounting and Bookkeeping knowledge, you gain the surest footing in performing for your employer what he expects from you as his/her accounting professional. Knowing and doing at the same time has been proven to be the best way for individuals to learn intricate details of a process. And in no way is this way of learning is better suited than for Accounting.

“This course far exceeded my expectation and helped fill in gaps in my accounting education. This course has helped me clarify the accounting process and gave me the complete picture whereas the college courses each take a normal area and expand on it.”
—Clark Ceauford

“This class has helped me complete the accounting puzzle so that interpreting what I have been doing for years makes sense.”
—Janet Harris

“I now understand what it is I have been doing for 6 years. I am so excited about being an accountant now and not just a [clerical] bookkeeper. I feel confident and well prepared to have my own accounting business.”
—Nadine Malpas

“I took this course after having earned a bachelor’s degree and then working for a CPA firm for nearly ten years. This was a tremendous course!”
—Bruce Bushman

What’s Next For Me?

We have designed and developed the Professional Bookkeeper’s program around what we in the accounting field are experiencing and coming up against in our daily tasks. We know, from 25+ years of accounting practice experience and interaction with 30,000 + in the accounting field, what issues are faced by you day-in and day-out and what items accountants who have gone before you have had success with. You can benefit from our experience, our detailed training, and hands-on instruction to give you the step up and advantage in your own career pursuits. Get the training you deserve so you can earn what you are worth!

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Tools of the Accounting Trade

Learn what is all involved in the coursework and materials of the Professional Bookkeeper Program

You’ll find 3 Modules designed specifically for you:

• Accounting Made Easy — Getting to you the foundational steps you need to have to be able to properly and effectively service the company you work for. Ledgers and Journals as well as Subsidary Ledgers that each professional will need to be familiar with.
• Practical Small Business Applications - Hands-on practice on the various types of accounting you will run into within your career. Getting to you the experience accountants like you need to be exposed to for well-rounded training.
• Advancing Your Account-”Ability” — Gets into the nitty-gritty of setting up books from scratch and properly establishing books for existing businesses. Plus much, much more.

Below you will be able to view a sample of what you can expect in your training course and the quality of the instruction you will receive from the leaders in the industry. This brief rundown of what is in Module I, featuring Allen Bostrom, President of the Universal Accounting Center, details for you the first stages of instruction which Module I contains. The beauty of learning this way, is being able to rewind and view the material as much as you need to.

Create for yourself a learning atmosphere and let all of the Professional Bookkeeper’s valuable instruction to seep in. You can do it!

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How Does This Benefit You?

You can work on gaining the knowledge and practical application at your own pace! You control how quickly you go through all of what the instructor is teaching. You tailor the course instruction to what is best for you and the style of learning you learn best with! By getting the right foundation for your Accounting career, even if it turns out to be a refresher course, you know that you are getting started out on the right foot. The confidence of knowing you have the knowledge and the wisdom the right training can provide is crucial to how you perform your duties. And rest assured, with the Universal’s course you will have that confidence to take you to that next promotion!

“This course offers a comprehensive review of the accounting process, as well as providing a system to help you help yourself. The instructors not only teach, but offer an unheard of level of support. I woul highly recommend the course to anyone.”
—Laura Ogden

“After graduating from this course I now feel competent to run my own bookkeeping/accounting business. I want to thank the staff at Universal Accounting for the outstanding course of instruction.”
—Gary Hamblin

“I wish I had taken this class five years ago. I’ve been working in the accounting field for over 10 years and didn’t know half of what I learned in one month in this class. I feel completely qualified now to accept a position of great responsibility with a large organization or to be self employed. I’m excited about the potential for money making that this course has given me.”
—Kris K. Trout

What’s Next For Me?

As a professional pursuing the best accounting training possible, you don’t want to leave anything to chance when it comes to your financial future and your career path. We work on the philosophy that you only get one chance to make a good first impression, and when you are going into your employer (potential or current) and start the negotiations for your next step up in your career, you want to have the surety that whatever the situation as a “Certified Professional Bookkeeper” you’ll be able to confidently handle it for the company.

Click Here and find out more about how to get that self-assurance through Universal’s Professional Bookkeeper Program.