As students prepare for a life beyond the classroom, they must anticipate what skills will best translate into the business world. Employers created lists of their most in-demand skills for entry-level accountants. Which of the following is an example of how an entry-level accountant could use one of these top-ranked skills?
A) Receiving data, analyzing it, and writing a highly technical report with as many industry-specific terms as possible so everyone will know that you understand the material
B) Receiving data, analyzing it, but not reporting any patterns that was found within the datasets to avoid creating extra work for your coworkers
C) Spending time with your coworkers to review the company's policies, its position within the industry, and information about their competitors to help fix an issue
D) Spending time with your coworkers to review the company's policies, its position within the industry, and information about competitors so you can boast about an issue you can fix without fixing it

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This question requires familiarity with the skills employers seek in entry-level accounting hires. Choice C is correct because spending time with coworkers and asking them questions to help the team fix an issue is a great example of how to use these in-demand skills appropriately. The remaining choices are incorrect because they contain skills not useful to an organization or in opposition to what the organization needs.

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