Got $5? Learn About A CPA Career

  • 06/01/96

Room Zoom: The CPA SourceDisc provides educational and career opportunity information about becoming a certified professional accountant (CPA) in an easy-to-use, interesting format.

To find out more about a career as a CPA, click on various icons to enter a virtual home office and access video, audio, photo and text information. Some of the areas covered are A Day in the Life, Human Resources, Tools of the Trade, and Salaries.

Costing just $5, plus S&H, the disc would be appropriate for career centers, media libraries, accounting classes and more. AICPA, Jersey City, NJ, (800) 862-4272.

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