{"id":7855,"date":"2021-08-09T09:58:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T01:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colleges.segi.edu.my\/sarawak\/?p=7855"},"modified":"2023-06-06T12:29:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T04:29:26","slug":"accountants-a-necessary-profession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colleges.segi.edu.my\/sarawak\/accountants-a-necessary-profession\/","title":{"rendered":"Accountants: a necessary profession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Accountants have been said to be some of the most serious, no-nonsense, white-collar professionals around. And to be honest, they\u2019re also reputed to be quite boring people who lack imagination. This is actually a fallacy because many people with lively creative minds and personalities choose to be accountants. And why? Because they\u2019re smart and they realise that as accountants, they will never run out of job opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Here at <strong><em>SEGi<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>College Sarawak<\/em><\/strong>, we\u2019d like to explain why Accounting is such a necessary profession held in such high regard, and why a career in it will bring you great rewards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mandatory Accounting for All Businesses <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every single business registered in Malaysia is required to do financial reporting in accordance with Malaysia\u2019s accounting standards issued by the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB). It is mandatory for all companies registered in the country to prepare annual statutory financial statements which must be done in accordance with the approved accounting standards established by MASB.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think does this? Yes, the Accountants. So for as long as the economy exists in Malaysia, you\u2019ll never run out of work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Impact of IR 4.0 on the Accounting Field <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR 4.0) has changed the landscape very favourably for accountants everywhere. Gone are the days when accountants had to slog through miles and miles (or kilometres and kilometres) of numbers to prepare sound financial statements for the benefit and longevity of their respective employer companies because IR 4.0 has made it so much easier for accountants to do their work with the help of the Internet of Things (IoT) through advanced software and applications.<\/p>\n<p>Think, \u201cThis work is easy!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>A World of Career Opportunities <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Accountants are one of the most respected and revered professionals, and this is all over the world, not only in Malaysia. Accountants can choose to be committed to individual companies, be freelancers for multiple companies, and also teach.<\/p>\n<p>This means that the world is your oyster, and all you have to do is decide how you want to practise Accounting. It\u2019s as easy as ABC.<\/p>\n<p>So there you have it. If you\u2019re thinking of becoming an Accountant, let\u2019s just say that you\u2019ll never run out of options.<\/p>\n<p>Call us today at <strong><em>SEGi College Sarawak <\/em><\/strong>and we\u2019ll get you started on your journey as an Accountant. We promise you\u2019ll never look back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accountants have been said to be some of the most serious, no-nonsense, white-collar professionals around. And to be honest, they\u2019re also reputed to be quite boring people who lack imagination. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[82],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colleges.segi.edu.my\/sarawak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7855"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colleges.segi.edu.my\/sarawak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colleges.segi.edu.my\/sarawak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colleges.segi.edu.my\/sarawak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colleges.segi.edu.my\/sarawak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7855"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/colleges.segi.edu.my\/sarawak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20661,"href":"https:\/\/colleges.segi.edu.my\/sarawak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7855\/revisions\/20661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colleges.segi.edu.my\/sarawak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colleges.segi.edu.my\/sarawak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colleges.segi.edu.my\/sarawak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colleges.segi.edu.my\/sarawak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}