completely different field than the field you majored in college? I find that this happens to a lot of people, especially in my occupation: mortgages/real estate. I got 3 years and change invested in college and majored in accounting and information systems. However, I got 4 years of experience in mortgage loans and haven't looked back. I don't have any interest in working in accounting or info data whatsover.
i do. i majored in American Culture (we could buiold our own, its pretty much English and History, i just wanted to avoid certain teachers) and now im a photographer and weekend producer at a small market tv station.
Tarik how did you find accounting? I'm considering doing business with accounting just because it seems like a good tool to have. Do you find it useful even though you have changed areas?
mine is pretty different, I have an honours degree in History but I work as an urban watershed analyst. Now they are not completely un-related, as I did historical geography and my job involves a lot of geography, but it has a ton of biology and ecological science that I have no formal education in whatsoever
Majored in Information Systems History Technology Management Engineering, with a minor in English Sociological Psychology at University of Northwestern Yale Duke Princeton School of Harvard College. currently working in the field of Nighttime Gas Station Cashiering. It's a big up in prestige from my last job, Airline Security. I think I did pretty well for myself.
Tarik how did you find accounting? I'm considering doing business with accounting just because it seems like a good tool to have. Do you find it useful even though you have changed areas?
Not your typical business course. It's tough. You have to put a lot time into it outside the classroom. Particularly from Acct 111 (Intermediate) on up. Try to take multiple accounting classes at once. From what I've heard from different CPAs, you will only be using about 25% of what you've learned in the classroom on the job anyways. Just getting through class is the hard part.
As for using accounting for my current profession, there's really no relation whatsover.
Majored in Information Systems History Technology Management Engineering, with a minor in English Sociological Psychology at University of Northwestern Yale Duke Princeton School of Harvard College. currently working in the field of Nighttime Gas Station Cashiering. It's a big up in prestige from my last job, Airline Security. I think I did pretty well for myself.
Not your typical business course. It's tough. You have to put a lot time into it outside the classroom. Particularly from Acct 111 (Intermediate) on up. Try to take multiple accounting classes at once. From what I've heard from different CPAs, you will only be using about 25% of what you've learned in the classroom on the job anyways. Just getting through class is the hard part.
As for using accounting for my current profession, there's really no relation whatsover.
What sort of knowledge/skills do you need to land a job in mortgages etc.? For instance, what were (what your employer felt to be) your relevant skills/knowledge upon getting the position?
I'm looking for a job upon graduation next spring.. It's tough, way tougher than applying to college. Well, I'm a major in East Asian Languages and Cultures, Asian American Studies, with a Business Minor. I'm pretty much not looking to study EALC anymore. I thought I wanted to become a professor in it, but I've been kinda-TAing a class and realized that I don't really want to teach. I just want to make money so I might have to drop it after I graduate which sucks cause I love studying it and writing articles that get published, fighting for AA rights, but I mean, in the end it's about supporting myself and my family. I've been applying only to big companies who might need someone with some business skills and can speak fluently in Japanese and Chinese.
Most people in real estate don't have much of a background in it. I know someone who was a 20+ plus doctor who left to become a mortgage loan officer. I stumbled into the field myself and kinda learned as I went.
To be a loan officer, all it really takes is some good sales skills. Most of the loan officers I know are former salesmen in the fields: cars, department stores and hustling. Unfortunately most of these positions are commission only. But if you got the knack, you can make some serious paper. Most brokers are will to train you too. For instance if you refinance a person on a 100k loan, on the average your percent is going to be 3 percent ($3,000) minus the split with your broker (broker get about 30 percent of your share), you make out fine.
On the Administrative side, you have he Loan processors, underwriters and loan approvers. These people make salary plus commission depending on the company you work for. For this, all it really takes is some good office skills and attention to detail.
Most people in real estate don't have much of a background in it. I know someone who was a 20+ plus doctor who left to become a mortgage loan officer. I stumbled into the field myself and kinda learned as I went.
To be a loan officer, all it really takes is some good sales skills. Most of the loan officers I know are former salesmen in the fields: cars, department stores and hustling. Unfortunately most of these positions are commission only. But if you got the knack, you can make some serious paper. Most brokers are will to train you too. For instance if you refinance a person on a 100k loan, on the average your percent is going to be 3 percent ($3,000) minus the split with your broker (broker get about 30 percent of your share), you make out fine.
On the Administrative side, you have he Loan processors, underwriters and loan approvers. These people make salary plus commission depending on the company you work for. For this, all it really takes is some good office skills and attention to detail.
Not your typical business course. It's tough. You have to put a lot time into it outside the classroom. Particularly from Acct 111 (Intermediate) on up. Try to take multiple accounting classes at once. From what I've heard from different CPAs, you will only be using about 25% of what you've learned in the classroom on the job anyways. Just getting through class is the hard part.
As for using accounting for my current profession, there's really no relation whatsover.
Why should you take multiple accounting classes at once, if just one is hard enough?-Acct 111 and up
What should I major in if I want to be a full scale innvestment broker?
How many of you have a job in a..........
