Video: Certified Management Accountant: A Great Career

Stephen Shepard, Director of Member Services for the Institute of Management Accountants, details the personality type and skill set of a successful management accountant.

Stephen Shepard, Director of Member Services for the Institute of Management Accountants, explains the difference between a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) and a CMA (Certified Management Accountant) and how those certifications are acquired and used professionally.

With more than 60,000 members in over 250 chapters worldwide, the IMA is the world's largest organization of management accountants and financial managers. Watch as Stephen Shepard, Director of Member Services, illustrates the functions and benefits of being part of such a great professional organization.

The Mid-America Council of the Institute of Management Accountants and the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants are presenting an Entrepreneurship Conference on October 22-23, 2009. The event will be held at Carroll College and more information can be found at the event website.

Brian Weis explains the popular industry of customer service. Find out about the types of customer service careers the average salary in Wisconsin, and the kind of skills you should have to be successful in the industry.

If you plan to negotiate your salary or discuss it with a potential employer, it is important to know ahead of time what your value is in the marketplace. Find how to get this information and share it with an employer in the right way.

It's important to know your value in the marketplace and then be able to obtain that in your pay. Wendy Terwelp talks about ways to obtain the salary that you deserve and the best way to go about that.

Linda Jaskowiak, Campus Director at TechSkills in Brookfield, discusses the certificate program that they offer in the field of accounting and bookkeeping and how it helps students get the job they want.

Chester Elton, renowned co-author of the Carrot business books, discusses the idea of "chasing the money" while in the job search and how this is not always the best option.

For starters, don't be the first one to mention it. Make the discussion about your value, not about money.