One of the silently potent problems in the country that needs immediate attention is the dearth of bookkeepers in the Philippines, this, if we intend to see a progressive country at the end of the decade.

While big universities cater to accounting degrees and diplomas, the country’s business world suffers from the shortage of accounting graduates who are competent bookkeepers blessed with calibrated skills to account business ventures’ progress in the Philippines. So how do we know if business growth and development had really settled in our midst?

Bookkeepers are needed by our business capital primarily because accounting plays a vital role in ensuring that you get the true picture of your business’s financial situation, giving you its strength and weaknesses for fine tuning and improvement in the process.

Hard facts show us that in the Philippines, 3 biggest Business Process Outsourcing centers need at least 50 bookkeepers a week. Also, there are approximately 5 million small and medium enterprises registered in the country that need bookkeepers and there are approximately over 15 million business ventures existing in the Philippines that need the assistance of a bookkeeper. This need is in the Philippines alone.

These are all on top of the great demand for Filipino bookkeepers in the Middle East, despite the fact that now, approximately 90% bookkeepers in the this place are Filipinos.

Now, how fast can a bookkeeper be employed then? Well, significant points show that bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks held more than 2 million jobs in 2004 and are employed in every industry. And the large size of this occupation ensures a multitude of job openings, including many opportunities for temporary and part-time work and not only that, those that can carry out a wider range of bookkeeping and accounting activities will be in greater demand than specialized clerks.

Bookkeepers are highly employable in other countries as well. They turn out to be one of those high-earning overseas Filipino workers, in fact. Statistics shows us that in Bahrain alone, a bookkeeper can earn up to 1.8 milllion pesos a year. On the other hand, in US, UK, Australia and Canada the lowest salary range of a bookkeepers is $36,187 annually, converted it is a whopping 1.6 million per year earning!

Ergo, bookkeeping career has these work options: you can either work at home doing private bookkeeping for small and medium scale enterprises or work abroad and be one of those high-earning OFWs or be of great assistance to the country’s leading BPOs’ Finance and Accounting services.

Given all these vital perspectives, the BIG question now is how do you become a highly qualified and competent bookkeeper if your skills as an accounting graduate or practicing accountant is not calibrated and upgraded with the best in this field of expertise?

The simple solution: Enroll NOW! At Entrepreneurs Accounting Academy’s TESDA accredited Basic Bookkeeping Course. Visit their plush training center in 1006 Rufino Plaza, 6784 Ayala Avenue, Makati City. Or log on to their website www.accountingacademy.com.ph for more information.

Enroll now and arm yourself with the training that you can learn for keeps!

Please visit also the University of the Philippines website!