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Career in finanCe
from a wide variety of
well-paying fields.
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here’s an old stereotype that the richest
man in town will be the banker. Is it
true? Are the money handlers the real
moneymakers?
“That may not necessarily be true, since
it usually refers to the bank owner, not
high growth, high Demand benefits specialists are expected to increase
the teller,” says Alexander May, director
When it comes to job opportunities, Finance more than 30 percent. Why the boom?
of financial reporting/gas operations for
is a high-growth cluster. According to the “Every single company needs an
CenterPoint Energy of Houston. “But I can
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 964,000 accountant,” says Holly Sparkman, chief
tell you that there has never been a better
new jobs will be created in the industry financial officer for Cedra Corporation, a
time to be in finance and accounting.
nationally between 2002 and 2012. The biotechnology company in Austin. “That
Because of all the government scrutiny to
Texas Workforce Commission says that in broadens opportunities, because employees
do with financial mismanagement of large
Texas alone, positions for financial managers can work for any company size in any
companies, people in this profession are in
and analysts, accountants, and auditors will industry. Personally, I’ve worked in every
high demand to ensure the controls are in
increase almost 20 percent in that same 10- size company from small, privately held
place for proper financial management.”
year period. Positions for compensation and entrepreneurial companies to large, publicly
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is finance the right cluster for you?
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Take this quiz to find out. Answer “yes” or “no” to the following questions.
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
are you good do you have a do you love are you do you enjoy do you do you like do you love are you do you read
at math? bank account? working with organized? working with like being to follow solving conscientious the financial
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details? computers? responsible for clearly defined puzzles and and reliable? pages of the
the outcome of instructions? brain teasers? newspaper?
your work?
If you answered “yes” to five or more of the above questions, Finance may be the right cluster for you. To get a more specific and scientific measurement of
your attitudes and abilities, ask your guidance counselor or teacher about taking a career assessment test or interest inventory.
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