Employment Opportunities for Graduate Accountant Students in Australia

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Introduction
There are many different employment opportunities that are available for graduate
accountant student and this is evidenced by various advertisements available in Australia. To
show various opportunities available for accountant graduate students, there are three
advertisements chosen from the job advertisement website called SEEK Limited (AU)
(www.seek.com). These three advertisements for the position of two Assistant Accountant from
different companies and different advertainments and Accounting & Finance Graduate. There
are a number of reasons why I have chosen the three advertisements. Firstly, the first
advertisement is about Accounting & and Finance Graduate position where the only qualification
required for the position is the enterprise skills as opposed to experience. Secondly, the second
advertisement about Account Assistant is also important for graduate students since though
technical skills are required but not as important as enterprise skills. Thirdly, the last position is
also an Assistant Accountant and I chose these advertisements due to the minimum requirement
based on enterprise skills as opposed to academic qualifications.
Analysis of the three advertisements
First advertisement seeking accounting to fill the position of Accounting and Finance
Graduate and require a degree in commerce with accounting or finance qualifications. The
advertisement seeks graduate that will be working on Finance Business improvement,
performance reporting, financial analysis and compliance, technical & management accounting.
Some of the enterprise skills include innovation skills, resilient, learning agile, ability to tackle

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problems, result driven, is confident and optimistic, motivate or influential and value diversity.
The selection criteria are based on enterprise skill that the graduate poses in addition to being
graduate with a degree in accounting or finance major. The advertisement shows some
similarities to the enterprise skills listed in the Young Australians (FYA) in their report The New
Basics (2017). Some of the identical skills include problem-solving, innovative, and financial
literacy. These enterprise skills are important as they form the basis or the selection criteria for
the position being advertised. According to the advertisement, those candidates for the position
will be selected based on the enterprise skill that they show. The enterprise skills have been
applied to design the selection criteria for graduates that fill the position being advertised1.
The second advertisement is looking for degree graduate with accounting or business to
fill the position of Assistant Accountant at Achitectus company. Some of the enterprise skills
required include self-motivated, ability to work autonomously in a team environment, effective
communication skills, ability to work in an environment with competing priorities. In addition,
the company is also looking for those graduates that are experienced in digital financial systems
such as ERP and accounting software. The advertisement posted a newly created position for
those candidates that have the listed skills2. There are many similarities between the enterprise
skills that are required for the position and those provided in the Young Australians (FYA).
These enterprise skills include digital literacy especially financial systems, communication skills,
and creativity are similar to those listed in FYA. In this advertisement, enterprise skills are
important as they form part of qualification for the position advertised. Enterprise skill has been
applied to design some requirement for the position, for instance, teamwork form part of the
company description so as to show the company value teamwork. Moreover, creativity has also
been used as part of the designing technique of the company3.