• "What Can I Do with This Major: Accounting"
  

Common Career Titles for Accounting from the Occupational Outlook Handbook:
Accountants and Auditors
Budget Analyst
Financial Analysts
Financial Managers

Additional Resources - Careers in Accounting

• TU Department of Accounting - Careers & Internships
• Accounting Overview: Quick Facts
  
• American Institute of CPAs Student Career Site
• Careers-in-Accounting.com
  

Career Insider Downloadable Guides

• Vault Guide to Accounting
  

Follow these instructions to download the guides listed above:

1. Log in to Career Insider (The first time you log in, you will need to follow the "New to Career Insider?" instructions. You must use your TU email address to create an account.)
   
2. Click on the "Guides" tab on the far right
   
3. Click on "All Guides (A to Z)" and scroll through the list to find the title you want.
   
4. Click the "View Guide" button to access the guide
   

Getting applied experience in your field is critical. The following resources will allow you to learn more about your department’s opportunities and process, as well as introduce you to other major-specific internship posting resources.

TU Accounting Department Internship Coordinator: Dr. Joseph Szendi

Research/Internship Opportunities:

• Consider interning abroad! Search for opportunities by using the keyword "internship."
  
• Hire@TU internship postings (search by major, employer, keyword, etc. under the “Jobs” tab)
• TU Department of Acounting - Careers & Internships
• Towson College of Business & Ecomomics – Finding an Iternship
  

The resources below are a starting point for your job search. In addition to benefits of using the Internet to do research, we encourage you to talk to people in the fields you are interested in (don’t forget to use TU’s Career Mentor Database) to learn more about specific opportunities and organizations.

• Accounting Career Network
• Accounting.com
• American Institute of CPAs
• Business Jobs in the Federal Government
• Career Bank
• eFinancialCareers
• Financial Advisory
  
• Financial Job Network
• Hire@TU job postings (search by major, employer, keyword, etc. under the “Jobs” tab)
• Indeed.com and SimplyHired.com – search for “accountant,” “financial analyst,” “tax advisor”
• National Association for Business Economics - Business Economics Career Center
  
• SmartPros FinanceJobs.com
• View top-ranked accounting firms on Career Insider. (Log in to Career Insider (The first time you log in, you will need to follow the "New to Career Insider?" instructions. You must use your TU email address to create an account.)
  

The sample resumes are provided for your information. We encourage you to look at the resume sample for your major in addition to the other samples that are included in our resume sample database.

• Sample Accounting Resume (PDF)
  
• Sample Resume Database
  

Professional associations offer many benefits to students, often including reduced-price membership, mentorship programs, “careers in…” information, job and internship listings, field-related conferences and publications, and much more. Be sure to check out sections on the associations’ websites related to students, education, careers, etc.

• American Society of Woman Accountants
  
• American Woman’s Society of Certified Public Accountants
• Association of Accountants and Financial Professionals: IMA
  
• Association of Chartered Accountants in the U.S.
  
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
  
• Association of Government Accountants
  
• European Accounting Association
• Financial Management Association International