Salary of Math/Econ graduate?

Forget what they ask for on a job description. Submit your application and resume along with a pleasant cover letter and wait for your interview. On the day of your interview knock em out with your personality. be comfortable. If you sit there with a simple humble look on your face waiting to ask every question that is anked to you you'll get nowhere (unless every one else who was interviewed was worse than you) Always maintain eye contact with the interviewer. At first contact with the interviewer make sure you smile when you introduce yourself to him/her. Show enthusiasm. Be positive that you can do the job. Stay away from storytelling. It's not a sales job. Research information on the company you are applying for. Questions to really prepare an answer for.

Why do you want to work here?

What are your best qualities?

Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?

Thats advice for an employee. Now let me ask you this for real.

Do you see yourself as a leader or a follower?

Do you take you own initiative based on your own motivation to get things done or do you need someone to take you by the hand to get something done?

Would you rather determine your own worth or let someone tell you what your worth by setting a salary guideline for a skill you obtained in college?

What I'm getting at is, that with the degree you have, the skill you've acquired, the knowledge you have obtained, your patience with numbers you could be making over $100k as a CPA preparing personal and large business taxes. You could open your own accounting firm with time. You should be able to help people invest in their future by utilizing popular financial market in stocks, real estate, retirement funds, with a BA degree in Economics you should totally understand how money works and what makes money move. You should be able to see trend changes faster than anyone else. If you work at a firm doing one thing you will loose your powers of observation in the broad spectrum.

i dont know if you were in a fraternity but those guys and gals look out for each other and wind up as ceo with each others help. Doesnt mean that without a frat you success is diminished. On the contrary you would have developed a better character because you did it your way and all by yourself.

My suggestion is get certified as a CPA. Divide your new business into seperate divisions, department or categories. Create seperate LLC for each function for instance.

Tax Preparation (personal and business)

Business Accounting & Bookkeeping

Collection Agency

Mortgage Broker (followed by mortgage banker after a few years)

Get your Real Estate Sales License just to have it.

Each one of these produces leads for your other business. now you might be thinking that this is too much for you to handle. I promise you its not. What you would need to shake off first is the employee 9-5 paycheck to paycheck mentality. That thinking will limit you for the rest of your life.

Start off with tax prep. H&R Block offers a course. You probably wont need it but they wont take you without it and you'll get a certificate when you done. Then you'll work for them just to get the experiance in dealing with clients. With your degree and expertise you already are more qualified than most who already work for H&R Block. But once your in the H&R block family they offer numerous courses for free which teach you other aspects of taxprep inlcuding preparing taxes for big business. Educate yourself completely while working with them just a few hours a day. You can choose to work with them during tax season from 6PM till closing. Tha gives you time to operate a business during regular business hours. Just make sure it's not tax preparation because H&R or any other Tax prep Company wont let you operate a tax prep business independantly while working for them. So make sure that you regular business and the H&R block office are far far away from each other. That way when you add Tax Prep to your business you'll have a fresh set of clients that you wont be stealing form H&R.

Let me run it for you one step at a time.

1.) Get certified and work for H&R Block (take as many classes as you can as an employee - this is part time in the evening and only for 1 or 2 tax seasons Jan -Apr)

2.) Study for or take your CPA

3.) Become a IRS certifeid Enrolled Agent. Test given once a year but you need to study. Find out if you need it iven if you have your CPA.

4.) Start offering your accounting services to small businesses. Take on as many as you can. Then you start hiring people while you focus on big business and supervise the others. Then hire or promote people for the big business accounting while you oversea operations. you did it you're CEO.

Depending on how busy you are open and operate a collection agency. It's pretty easy work. A little asset investigation, a couple of letter and collect your fee when closed.

Get your real Estate License. Approximately 45 hours and you're licensed. As you meet people you'll find many interested in buying property either for themselves or as investors. You find them property under the brokerage of a real estate firm who is flexible and wont require your presence every day but rather accept you as a virtual agent.

Get your notary stamp too

I have more to add but I've got to go. my email is open if you want to contact me for the rest of the my guide.

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