ACCOUNTANTS LEAST PRESTIGIOUS: BUT DOES IT MATTER?Doctors, scientists, teachers, ministers, journalists, union leaders and even members of congress beat out accountants in terms of prestige according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent Harris Poll. The results were obtained from a nationwide survey of 1,010 adults who were asked to rank various professions as having very great prestige, considerable prestige, some prestige or hardly any prestige at all. Doctors led the way with 61 percent of respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. considering them as having "great prestige," while accountants bottomed out the list at No. 17. Lawyers came in at No. 10 and members of congress at No. 7. The top four spots are held by doctors, scientists, teachers, ministers/clergy and military officers. The bottom four include: union leaders, bankers, businesspersons and accountants. The meaning of this for California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). CPAs, however, is nebulous as the poll did not differentiate the term "accountant" from "CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. " -- a key distinction in states such as California in which one cannot use the title "accountant," without also being a CPA. Since this was a nationwide survey, respondents who live in states that allow bookkeepers and enrolled agents An Enrolled Agent (or EA) is a tax professional recognized by the United States federal government to represent taxpayers in dealings with the Internal Revenue Service. The profession has been regulated by Congress since 1884. to call themselves accountants, included these individuals in their overall assessment of "accountants." |
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