Differences Between Management Accounting and Financial Accounting

Differences Between Management Accounting and Financial Accounting What Are the Differences Between Management Accounting and Financial Accounting? ChaptersWho They Report ToThe Roles They PlayThe Rules They FollowIf you are studying accounting principles, perhaps as an undergraduate or retraining for a new career in an accounting program, you are probably already well aware what terms such as cost accounting, statement analysis and valuation mean.And of course, everyone knows what income taxes and payroll deductions are!What is perhaps less clear is that accounting is so much more than adding and subtracting; credits and debits.There is a whole school of thought on accounting, called accounting theory, that shapes the daily efforts of every type of accountant, from the CPA working independently to the chartered accountant in an office.As you may have guessed, there is more than one type of accountant and, even though they may all employ the same accounting systems, each realm has its trademark and distinct focus.Besides the certified public accountants and chartered accountants just mentioned:forensic accountants analyse financ ial data to investigate fraud or other white collar crimetax accountants specialise in preparing taxes and forestalling auditsauditors conduct that activity that sends shivers down the spines of the ones audited.Financial advisors and consultants are those brought in for a single project, be it a business overhaul or eliminating financial waste.However, most companies already have such an accountant on hand. In fact, due to the sensitive nature of corporate finance, most companies keep accountants on the payroll.Financial accountants and management accounting vary from the more familiar types of accounting in that they are dedicated to a single company’s financial health and growth.Although they may function in tandem, they each have a distinct role to play in the corporate financial structure.Your Superprof takes you beyond tax time, to the daily grind and surprisingly controlled chaos that sometimes besets a business’ accounting department.Specifically, we highlight the differ ences between financial and managerial accounting.Are you studying for your CPA exam with an eye to becoming such an accountant?If so, the following information might help you decide how much accounting education you still need.managerial accountant’s job to bring that accounting information to those in power.That job description makes bookkeeping sound rather sexy, doesn’t it?Do financial accountants have similar glitter in their accounting basics?They too function as an internal control, but in a different way than cost accountants (another name for managerial accountants).They are not so much concerned with the company budget as it applies to day to day operations; their focus is more on the trial balance: do the credits total more than the debits on any given day?If the inverse is consistently true, the senior accountant would most likely have a conversation with the executive branch of the company...And, that being the case, you may say that financial accountants are risk-a verse.Now go in-depth into financial accountants' responsibilities...You have to know the rules of accounting in order to be successful! Source: Pixabay Credit: GeraltThe Rules They FollowHere, there is much more similarity between the financial and managerial accountant.For one, both types of accountants use accounting information systems, albeit for different purposes.Another way that they compare is that they both follow the generally accepted accounting principles (practice, in our country) or GAAP (UK GAAP, for us).At this point, they diverge a bit.Whereas the financial accountant might report under the International Financial Reporting Standards if the company s/he’s employed with is a global enterprise, as yet the managerial accountant is not compelled to that standard.However, more and more companies, whether international or not, are moving toward those accounting practices simply to streamline accounting concepts.If you are taking accounting courses, you might want to di rect a bit of your focus on IFRS, if only to broaden your knowledge base and make you a more competitive hire.Another fundamental difference between the two types of accountants is the accounting procedures used.As already explained, managerial accountants use the accounting process to plan strategic moves the company could make or optimise financial performance.Laying off workers is a result of such accounting work, for example.Financial accountants are more concerned with the accounting cycle; the recording of complete accounting events.Please note we did say that these accountants are more invested in the trial balance than in the overall financial report; in fact, the general ledger is their playground.They practice what is called accrual accounting, a method of accounting that calls for recording transactions perhaps even before money changes hands.Let’s say a government contractor orders a million each of part number XYZ. Of course, they are not going to pay for their order all at once; such a large invoice would be payable in instalments.Nevertheless, the financial accountant would treat the order as though it had been paid in full even though no payment has yet been made.In today’s global markets, it is imperative that this accounting method is practised; otherwise, any company’s financial statement would reflect poorly indeed!In fact, the GAAP requires large companies to use the accrual method in preparing their financial statements.Although any company may choose to employ managerial accountants, every company is required by law to have financial accountants on staff.The role of financial accountants, while seemingly mundane, touches every aspect of a company:internal auditing and the possibility of an external auditrecording revenue and calculating profitrecording debits and creditstracking assets liabilitiesmaintaining records for the purpose of taxationWhile it is true that they are not actively engaged in the decision-making process like ma nagerial accountants are, they are the ones that set internal controls for those cost accountants to work with.So, as you near completion of your degree in accounting, maybe you could overlook that seemingly high-profile forensic accounting career and consider financial statement analysis and advanced accounting for a company, instead.Working as a professional accountant in such a business environment may not bring the thrill that being an auditor might bring, but there is a measure of safety â€" as opposed to going into business for yourself.Here, you only need basic accounting skills to see the difference!As an accountant for a large firm, perhaps doing international accounting, you would have set work hours and benefits.However, plying the principles of accounting as an independent public accountant means you set your hours to your clients’ needs, possibly working until late at night.You have all of your office overhead to consider, and must track expenses yourself!So, if you†™ve not yet finished your accounting course and are wondering which direction to take your knowledge and skills, the answer is clear: financial accounting will give you the greatest opportunity to apply accounting standards.But managerial accounting will give you a broader spectrum to apply them in!Did you want a closer analysis of management versus financial accounting?

Online Tutoring A rising craze among students

Online Tutoring â€" A rising craze among students 0SHARESShare These days the students prefer the new method of tutoring like online tutoring which has only been possible with the help of internet, which provides complete homework help to the students and the student can avail unlimited online tutoring at any point in time. This online tutoring in more simple words is a method which provides help across various subjects and so you can avail the best math online tutoring and the biggest advantage is that you do not pay a single penny because you can avail the best online tutoring free. Online tutoring  is a method by which the child basically is able to communicate with the online tutor either by text, voice or video and the video is the most proffered option among the three. The online tutors very conveniently customize all their activities and provide homework help to all the students at every level. Online tutoring definitely comes out to be very reasonable and these types of tuitions are definitely cheaper than the private tutors. If you are lucky you may get an experienced teacher with real low prices because, the online teachers have different hourly rates and hence both the parent and the child can be benefitted in this scenario. The tutor basically puts less pressure on the child and so the child can concentrate more on studies and also give a tough competition to all the fellow competitors. [starbox id=admin]

the) and Gender Issues

Dressing Girls as Boys; A Lesson on Articles (a/an/the) and Gender Issues I read this article in the New York Times Magazine and was fascinated by the phen0menon of girls dressing as boys in Afghanistan. I also watched the video and was intrigued by the inconsistencies of gender in Afghan society. Im not sure what language Azita Rafaat, the mother in the story, speaks, however I noticed that she has a similar way of speaking to some of my students. When I listened again I noticed she has difficulties with articles, so here I will explain the English article.English Practice Pre-Listening Questions:Does your country and culture prefer to have boy children over girl children? Why?Are there any beliefs about how the gender of a baby is decided?Do you have both boys and girls in your family?Would you prefer a boy child over a girl child? Why?What problems do countries have that show a preference to the boy child over the girl child?Read through the grammar rules, watch the video, and then do the listening exercises. Rules:English has two articles: the and a/an . The is used to refer to specific or particular nouns; a/an is used to modify non-specific or non-particular nouns. We call the the definite article and a/an the indefinite article.the = definite articlea/an = indefinite articleFor example, if I say, Lets read the book, I mean a specific book. If I say, Lets read a book, I mean any book rather than a specific book.a + singular noun beginning with a consonant: a boy; a car; a bike; a zoo; a dogan + singular noun beginning with a vowel: an elephant; an egg; an apple; an idiot; an orphanIn some cases where h is pronounced, such as historical, use an:Definite Article: theThe definite article is used before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particular. The signals that the noun is definite, that it refers to a particular member of a group. For example:The dog that bit me ran away. Here, were talking about a specific dog, the dog that bit me.I was happy to see the policeman who saved my cat! Here, were talking about a particular policeman. Even if we dont know the policemans name, its still a particular policeman because it is the one who saved the cat.I saw the elephant at the zoo. Here, were talking about a specific noun. Probably there is only one elephant at the zoo.Countable and Uncountable NounsThe can be used with uncountable nouns, or the article can be omitted entirely.I love to sail over the water (some specific body of water) or I love to sail over water (any water).He spilled the milk all over the floor (some specific milk, perhaps the milk you bought earlier that day) or He spilled milk all over the floor (any milk).A/an can be used only with count nouns.I need a bottle of water.I need a new glass of milk.Most of the time, you cant say, She wants a water, unless youre implying, say, a bottle of water.Geographical use of theThere are some specific rules for using the with geographical nouns.Do not use the before:names of most countries/territories: Italy, Mexico, Bolivia; however, t he Netherlands, the Dominican Republic, the Philippines, the United Statesnames of cities, towns, or states: Seoul, Manitoba, Miaminames of streets: Washington Blvd., Main St.names of lakes and bays: Lake Titicaca, Lake Erie except with a group of lakes like the Great Lakesnames of mountains: Mount Everest, Mount Fuji except with ranges of mountains like the Andes or the Rockies or unusual names like the Matterhornnames of continents (Asia, Europe)names of islands (Easter Island, Maui, Key West) except with island chains like the Aleutians, the Hebrides, or the Canary IslandsDo use the before:names of rivers, oceans and seas: the Nile, the Pacificpoints on the globe: the Equator, the North Polegeographical areas: the Middle East, the Westdeserts, forests, gulfs, and peninsulas: the Sahara, the Persian Gulf, the Black Forest, the Iberian PeninsulaOmission of ArticlesSome common types of nouns that dont take an article are:Names of languages and nationalities: Chinese, English, Spanis h, Russian (unless you are referring to the population of the nation: The Spanish are known for their warm hospitality.)Names of sports: volleyball, hockey, baseballNames of academic subjects: mathematics, biology, history, computer scienceClick here to watch the video.Practice your English Listening skills:What kind of morning is it?Azita is the ______ winner. She earns the most money for the family.Because she didn’t have any sons she decided to do something ________.She has decided to reveal her secret, _______ of the risks posed to her.Why is Azita a target?How old is she?Azita takes ________ from her constituents while she cooks for her guests.Azita and her husband are also __________?Try this grammar practice below:Complete the gaps with a/an, the or (if no article is required)THE GIRL AND THE WOLFOne afternoon______wolf waited in ______dark forest for____girl to come by. He was very hungry because it had been _____long time since he had eaten anything. Finally,______little girl did come along __path and she was carrying ____basket of food.____girl was happy, ___weather was good, ____sun was shining and _____birds were singing. She loved _____nature and being with _____animals. “What ____beautiful day!” she thought. She was happy that is was ____holiday and that she wasn't at _____school.______wolf asked her if she was going to visit her grandmother and she said that she was. So ___wolf asked her where her grandmother lived and _____little girl told him. Then he ran off. When _____little girl opened _____door of _____Granny's house she saw that there was somebody in _____bed listening to ______radio, wearing_____nightcap and ____nightdress. When she was ten meters from _____bed she saw that it was not her grandmother but _______wolf, because eerybody knows that ____wolf in ____nightcap looks nothing like your granny. So she took ______gun from her basket and shot _______wolf dead.Moral: It is not so easy to fool_____little girls nowadays as it use d to be.Questions? Email us, or contact us about English classes.

5 Keys to Successfully Studying for the LSAT

5 Keys to Successfully Studying for the LSAT LSAT Law School Blog There are many ways to study for the LSAT effectively. You can study on your own with prep books or online LSAT courses, take a prep class, or hire a private LSAT tutor. However, regardless of which option you choose, you should almost certainly be taking the below five steps to best prepare for the LSAT: 1. Take a timed, full-length practice test This is the best way to get a sense of your starting point. Your score does NOT matter, the point is to really assess yourself. This is the best way to see your strengths and weaknesses. Can you set up a logic game effectively? Is time going to be an issue? How well do you understand what the logical reasoning questions are asking? If you work with a tutor, a timed practice test serves as the basis of developing an effective study plan. 2. Choose the right study materials â€" Official LSAC materials LSAC, the writers of the LSAT, have made the June 2007 test available for free. It’s downloadable here: http://www.lsac.org/jd/pdfs/sampleptjune.pdf If you don’t have other LSAT materials already purchased, start with this test. Use real LSAT prep materials published by the LSAC as much as possible. LSAC’s The Official LSAT SuperPrep is the best book for getting solid LSAT advice and practice. PowerScore’s “Bibles” are a good place to build your foundation. 3. Create a study plan early in the process Start as early as possible!! A good study plan has at least 8 weeks of study time before your LSAT exam. Start by focusing on your weakest section and build your skills. Spend at least a week building your skills on this section before moving to the next area. Create an actual plan and STICK TO IT! Write out what you want to accomplish on a weekly basis. Hold yourself to this schedule. Have a routine. Study for a set amount of time each day if possible, but at least 3 times a week. The more practice you get, the better you will do! 4. Once you’re comfortable with your foundation, take real LSAT exams. LSAC publishes the following books with full-length Real LSAT exams: 10 Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests 10 More Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests The Next 10 Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests 10 New Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests These are all real LSAT exams and LSAT questions. This is the real thing, not “like” the real thing, as so many other LSAT study guides are. 5. Be REALISTIC! You can’t cram for the LSAT in a week, so don’t try. You’ll just be frustrated. You probably don’t have 10 hours a week to study, so don’t set up a plan that requires this. It’s better to study 30 minutes every day than have a weekly 5 hour cram session. Your score will improve with practice and time. Don’t expect miracles overnight. Any improvement is an achievement! Be proud of any increase in your score from week to week. hbspt.cta._relativeUrls=true;hbspt.cta.load(215486, '6baac2ae-05a3-4610-9d1f-265c8cbd809f', {});

5 Ways to be Admitted into a College Honors Program

5 Ways to be Admitted into a College Honors Program Tips from an Orange County College Tutor: 5 Ways to be Admitted into a College Honors Program Tips from an Orange County College Tutor: 5 Ways to be Admitted into a College Honors Program It’s getting harder and harder these days to stand out amongst the many graduates looking for jobs. One way is to demonstrate to potential employers that a student has a great work ethic, leadership skills, or a diploma with honors. Each college and university are different so students will have to do some research on their specific campus. However, there are a few ways students can get started as well as universal honors requirements they can look into in order to be considered for acceptance. 1 Ramp up the GPA The first thing students should do if they would like to be admitted into an honors program is get their GPA as high as possible. Generally, colleges require a minimum 3.5 GPA overall to be considered for honors. However, some colleges will require a higher GPA within the student’s major or will have stricter requirements based on the percentage of students they admit into their honors programs. Basically, students should shoot for straight As if possible. 2 Research the honors requirements of your particular college As mentioned earlier, each college is different. Some will have basic requirements, and others will have strict or complicated requirements. As a result it’s important for students to conduct research before they put in the time and effort to apply to such a program. Some larger public universities will simply look at a student’s GPA and automatically enroll them in the program and add the honors seal to their diploma. In this case, the student will likely attend their normal class schedule and graduate with an impressive addition to their resume. Other colleges may have complicated guidelines and require students to take different classes or even live in alternate housing. Students should decide if they would like to be separated or if they prefer to be amongst the majority of their peers (READ: 4 Differences Between High School and College That May Catch You by Surprise). 3 Gather recommendations from professors if necessary Although most honors programs are offered within the university environment, others can be separate and are based on several factors. It’s always a good idea to have two or three letters of recommendations from professors on hand in case joining a university-sponsored or private honors program offers scholarships or other privileges. Professors are always busy, so it’s important to ask ahead of time rather than ask them to stick to a short deadline. Even if the student isn’t admitted to the honors program, they now have excellent letters of recommendation for their job search. 4 Apply to the honors college separately Some students will have to choose whether or not they want to be part of the honors college before they finish the general admission application process. In this case students should realize they are making a commitment to the honors program for four years, and they may or may not have the opportunity to transfer to the regular university environment. This is a huge commitment for a young adult but one that could potentially lead to excellent graduate school and career opportunities depending on the student’s chosen field. 5 Find out how different your college experience will be once you join Prior to joining an honors program, students should find out how much their collegiate life will change. Many students will simply have to focus on maintaining a high GPA through the end of college (hard enough as it is) or they may need to take an additional elective class they know they will get an A in just to balance out a lower grade from an especially difficult class. Other students, however, may have to alter entirely their experience on campus and actively participate in an honors society, which may take away from their studies or social events. It’s a good idea to find out the commitment ahead of time so students can make the decision that’s best for them as an individual (READ: 5 Things to do With a College Syllabus). Even honors students need help! Book your private Irvine college tutor for the fall. Call us today for details. All blog entries, with the exception of guest bloggers, are written by Tutor Nerds. Are you an education professional? If so, email us at pr@tutornerds.com for guest blogging and collaborations. We want to make this the best free education resource in SoCal, so feel free to suggest what you would like to see us write.

Dual Subtitles How Language Learning Can Be Twice as Nice

Dual Subtitles How Language Learning Can Be Twice as Nice Dual Subtitles: How Language Learning Can Be Twice as Nice Give me a foreign language video and subtitles to match and I will learn that language. Archimedes, probablySubtitles are the unsung heroes of language learning.But youre not here to hear about plain old ordinary subtitles.Because as helpful as those can be, it gets much better.Youre here to make use of what seems like it should be such a simple, effective language learning hack but is surprisingly rarely used: dual language subtitles for authentic video content.Maybe you thought of this concept yourself.Maybe it just popped into your mind while  you were watching a vlog in the language youre learning and for the umpteenth time found yourself in the position of switching back and forth between two sets of subtitles that werent even necessarily accurate.Or maybe you snuck a glance at a video on someone elses phone that was running dual subtitles and thought to yourself, What is this wizardry?Well, good news: Having the option of not just one, but two sets of subtitles working for you â€"one in a language you know and another in the language youre learningâ€"as you watch the kind of content thats intended for native speakers of your target language is not an impossible dream.In this post, well show you how its possible.And we wont just show you how to have instant translations for all the content in movies or videos you watch, but also how to use this tool to fully grasp the structure, grammar and writing of your target language.Without further ado, lets dive in. Dual Subtitles: How Language Learning Can Be Twice as NiceHow to Set Up Your Own Dual Subtitles Home TheaterNow that you know dual subtitles are possible, you may be champing at the bit to get started. However, using dual subtitles is a little tricky, and requires a little bit of technical literacy and patience to get right. Theres no such thing as a free lunch!Or is there?A  Really Easy Option: Just Sign Up for FluentUActually, if youre not tech-savvy and would rather not mess around with video and su btitle files on your computer, theres a super simple solution for obtaining dual subtitles on a huge number of select authentic videos: FluentU.The minds behind FluentU have chosen authentic and interesting native content  and turned it into personalized language lessons that include painstakingly-created dual-language subtitles just for you. Youll find all kinds of content on FluentUâ€"like movie trailers, music videos, news, commercials, vlogs, cartoons and inspiring talks.With FluentU, you hear languages in real-world contextsâ€"the way that native speakers actually use them.Just a quick look will give you an idea of the variety of FluentU videos on offer:FluentU really takes the grunt work out of learning languages, leaving you with nothing but engaging, effective and efficient learning. It’s already hand-picked the best videos for you and organized them by level and topic. All you have to do is choose any video that strikes your fancy to get started!Each word in the interacti ve captions comes with a definition, audio, image, example sentences and more.Access a complete interactive transcript of every video under the Dialogue tab, and easily review words and phrases from the video under Vocab.You can use FluentU’s unique adaptive quizzes to learn the vocabulary and phrases from the video through fun questions and exercises. Just swipe left or right to see more examples of the word youre studying.The program even keeps track of what you’re learning and tells you exactly when it’s time for review, giving you a 100% personalized experience.Start using FluentU on the website  with your computer or tablet  or, better yet,  download the FluentU app from  the  iTunes store  or  Google Play store.A Still-not-too-hard Option: Setting Up Dual Subtitles for Video Files on Your ComputerBut maybe you already have FluentU, and in addition you want to be able to watch full movies and TV shows in a dual-subtitle format. Or youre learning a language thats not yet a vailable. Or you just want to geek out over as many options as possible.Not a problem!Heres a short tutorial on getting and using dual subtitles with the video files on your computer:First, youll want to download subtitle files from  OpenSubtitles.org. There are a few different sites where you can download subs, but OpenSubtitles is the oldest and most respected. The collection is enormous, spanning around 50 languages and thousands of films and TV shows.They even have their own forum and blog for advice. But all you really need to do to get started is search for the name of the movie or show you want.Then, select the language of the subtitles and download the SRT files you need. One SRT file is one set of subtitlesâ€"simple!Put the SRT files in the same folder as your video file, and make sure they have a similar name.  For example, if youre watching Toy Story, maybe your video file is toy-story.mp4, your English subs are toy-story.en.srt, and your Spanish subs are toy-story.es.srt .Next, make sure you have or download a good media player, like  KMPlayer,  VLC  or  Kodi, that will automatically allow you to choose between your sets of subtitles when you play the file. In the Toy Story example, youll see options for subtitles in English and Spanish.But how to play them at the same time? Some players already include options to play more than one file at once, but you can also  take the additional step of combining two sets of SRT files into one using a free service like DualSub.Depending on your media player, you may get smoother results by combining your two  SRT files into one ASS file.Enjoy your dual subtitles!Now, lets look at what you can do with them.How to Use Dual Subtitles to Learn LanguagesUse Dual Subtitles to Improve Your Listening ComprehensionFirst off, let me be clear that all dual subtitles all the time arent for everyone. This is why both of the options we recommended above can easily be adjusted to accommodate single-subtitle or no-subtitle wat ching. If youre advanced enough in your studies, you may not need subtitles anymore at all. Just watch and understand and enjoy your hard-earned fluency.But for the rest of us, when a native speaker opens their mouth in a target-language video, it can be overwhelming.Simply listening along with a transcript is one of the best ways to get used to natural speech. But if you listen just one time, it might be tough-going.Listening multiple times and following along with the subtitles or a transcript will bake those language patterns and vocabulary words into your brain in no time.Use Dual Subtitles to Learn Foreign Alphabets and Tough Spelling SystemsDid you know that same-language subtitling can boost literacy?The applications for second-language learning are enormous. If youre struggling to get your head around unfamiliar writing systems or complicated spelling, take a break from laboriously copying out the alphabet.Switch on some videos with dual-language subtitles and just concentra te on the sounds and the writing.  You can use the translations for understanding, but its the target language youll want to mainly be focusing on. Then go back to your instructional materials and watch as you make astonishing progress in reading your target language.Use Dual Subtitles to Check Your UnderstandingWhen you watch a video in your target language, you may think you understand everything.And when you read the target-language subtitles, you may also believe youre following along perfectly.But what dual subtitles bring to you is a way to instantly check if youre actually understanding your target language or just getting the gist.Cover up or turn off the answer (your native language) and play a short section of the video. Rewind and check to see if you got it right. Its that simple! (With a FluentU Plus plan, Quiz Mode takes care of this part for youâ€"and keeps track of the vocab youre learning so it knows when you need to review something.)Then repeat over and over. With hundreds of lines of dialogue in any film or TV show (and so many YouTube videos in existence!), this might be the most efficient and convenient listening practice exercise out there.But what else can you achieve with dual subtitles?Use Dual Subtitles to Compare Two Foreign Languages at OnceLots of language learners like to double things up and study more than one foreign language at the same time.Thats great, and Im all for it. Learners like this have a special way to benefit from dual subtitlesâ€"listening to content in their native language and comparing two different translations.Let me explain: Youll hear your native language, which is effortless to understand. Then you’ll see translations of what was just said in both of the languages you’re studying.This way you can get reading practice in both target languages and see where they might differ in terms of vocabulary.Norwegian and Danish, for instance, are very similar in their written form.By comparing the subtitles line b y line, you can get a sense for where they do differ and strengthen both at the same time. Talk about efficiency!Use Dual Subtitles to Understand Nuances in Target Language ContentHeres another tip that can work for multi-language learners.Imagine youre watching a film in one of your target languages and you understand it at a high intermediate level.You know what the characters are saying, what theyre thinking and how they relate to each other.If you put on subtitles in your native language, youll understand the meanings of the lines.But if you add subtitles in a different language that you also understand, youll see how another translator from a different background rendered those lines, too.This can actually add a lot of depth to your understanding of the film and the language.Oftentimes films from other cultures have nuances that are hard to appreciate from the outside.Lets say youre watching a film in Italian, and you understand French well, too. By comparing French and English subtitles for the filmâ€"youll see how the Italian lines were understood by two different translators and interpreted for two different audiences.With a second opinion on the language used in the film, your understanding will be a lot more complete.However, even if you dont have a third language or set of subtitles for this extra context, youll still gain understanding of a lot of nuance from comparing a target-language transcript that you already understand to a full translation your native language. This is one way that advanced learners can still benefit from translations, and it also shows the value of another simple exercise: Working out a translation yourself and then comparing it to someone elses translation.Of course, there are a million and one ways to learn a language.Whatever gets you thinking in and thinking about the languageâ€"thats the best way to study.Dual subtitles are just one of many tools available to you, but theyre one of the best.Try them out today and see h ow they work for you!

How to Properly Showcase Your Internships on Your Resume

How to Properly Showcase Your Internships on Your Resume Photo Via: Pixabay.com 1. List Everything Relevant First, and easily most importantly, you should be listing all relevant experience on your resume, which includes internships. Basically, you need to think ahead to the position you are aiming for, the field that its in, the responsibilities you should have to hold this position and what they are asking for as requirements. In this way, you should match your relevant internship experience to the position at hand. For instance, if you worked at a radio show 3 days a week but you are applying to an office position, odds are the radio experience isn’t as relevant. For this reason, first ensure you are focusing on the tasks, positions and experience that is the most relevant to the position that you are applying for. 2. Prioritize Over Part-Time Positions Holding part-time positions throughout your college career is also known as a bit of a resume booster. That being said, when you are looking at prioritizing your resume, your part-time jobs should fall second to your internships, so long as your internships are more relevant to the position that you are applying to. This means that if you have experience working as a Starbucks barista and then held an internship through which you edited content for a publication, in applying to a position at a magazine, you should be listing your internship experience before your part-time barista job experience. While most employers will want to see that you have done both, it’s more important to the job you are applying for that you prioritize the internship experience, as it’s more relevant to the position you’re applying for. 3. Elaborate on All Responsibilities As previously stated, some internship experience can be pertinent to the position you are applying to, no matter how menial the task may seem. For this reason, you should certainly be including all of your responsibilities on your resume. For each internship that you are listing on your resume, you should be listing all of the tasks that you performed in that position. While it may seem a bit redundant and overwhelming, it’s best to first include all of your tasks, then remove some until you feel that the bullet point fully encompass that position. Again, you never know what responsibilities are going to resonate with an employer, so, especially when you are working with minimal experience, listing everything that you did in a given internship is going to set you apart form the competition more than you know. 4. Include Important Date Information When you are listing your internship experience, it may not feel all that important, but you should always list your dates of employment. When it comes down to it, including your dates of employment lets the potential employers know your work history in full. For instance, was this a contract position that lasted 3 months, or was it a long-term internship that was cut short? Or was it a long-term position that you stuck out the whole way through. These dates can tell an employer the full story, so you’ll want to include them in your resume if they strengthen the story you are trying to tell. Infographic Via Canva 5. Note Reference Availability When you don’t have a lot of experience, to begin with, as is typically the case with entry-level applicants, it’s hard to sell yourself on paper, as there really isn’t all that much to work with. For that reason, you should be including information regarding your references. For instance, rather than sending along a resume that just doesn’t tell the whole story, you should be noting your reference’s availability upon request. Note that you never want to include your reference’s information right away, but rather want to note that references are available upon request to ensure the potential employer knows that your work was strong enough that you were able to garner references. Also make sure that when you are picking out your references, that you are using the most important positions on your resume. For instance, you don’t want to note your reference as your manager at McDonald’s when the more relevant experience is your internship with the school newspaper. So be sure that you are not only including the fact that references are available, but that you have saved references that are actually applicable to the position you are applying to and that they can back up your most relevant experience. 6. Focus on the Pertinent Tasks As previously stated, you should be including all relevant tasks in your resume. To begin, you should always list out all of your responsibilities, then you can hone in on the most important tasks as you work through your entire resume. In this way, you should be focusing more strongly on the tasks that are pertinent to the position you are applying to. The best way to manage this is to have a copy of your resume that lists out every task that you performed in a given position. From here, every time you apply to a new position, you should be focusing your resume based on the position at hand, removing the tasks and responsibilities that are less pertinent to the position. For instance, if you are applying to a position at a publication, you should be including your writing and editing experience, but your experience scheduling and booking flights for an executive is less pertinent to that position. 7. Include More than Less Information On this same note, you definitely want to include more information than less, but you don’t want your resume to be too long, either. As a general rule of thumb, and especially if you don’t have years of experience, you should only be listing one page worth of experience. Generally speaking, employers don’t want to see more than one page of experience, as they are looking to skim your resume and determine whether or not you are a candidate that they wish to invite in for an interview. For this reason, you want to include all of the experience that’s potentially relevant that you can fit on that one page. Still, you don’t want the resume to appear over-crowded or to go over the one-page threshold as an entry-level candidate. With these items in mind, as previously mentioned, include all your experience and then subtract and add as needed based on the position that you are applying for. The more tailored you can make your resume to the position in question, the more likely you are to catch the potential employer’s eye as he/she is skimming through and choosing the right resumes for the job. 8.  Note Any Achievements As far as pertinent information goes on your resume, you should always be noting any and all achievements from your internships on your resume. While you always want to include your academic achievements in this section of your resume, it’s also very important that you are noting your internship achievements, if applicable, as these are going to be the most relevant when you are applying to new positions, especially as a first-time applicant. For this reason, you should be noting whether or not you received any awards at the company you interned with if there are any other items of note that you won and/or earned, or simply if you had any outstanding achievements throughout the internship that should be noted on your resume. Remember that your resume is the perfect time to showcase your skills and accomplishments, which means that it’s not bragging, but rather in your best interest, to include every relevant achievement on your resume. Photo Via: Pixabay.com 9. Note Any Promotions/Responsibility Changes In this same vein, you should always be noting any promotions and/or changes in responsibility at all of your internships. While it’s rare for interns to be promoted, there are many interns that will be taken from intern to part-time or full-time employee, which does fall in this promotion category. If this is the case, you should be showcasing that change in title on your resume. Basically, you do this in listing the positions separately on the resume, one that outlines your position, dates and responsibilities for the internship, and another that outlines the position, dates and responsibilities for the promoted position. In this way, your potential employer sees that you have experience as an intern and as an employee, but also that you were able to move up in that company, which speaks volumes to your work ethic and the potential you have at the company that you are applying for. Employers frequently look for title changes and other similar information when they are screening candidates, so to have this as an entry-level applicant is going to set you far apart from the competition. So while the position change may seem miniscule, it’s going to speak volumes to a potential employer. So don’t leave it out of your resume, or limit your resume to only one of the titles that you held at that company. 10. Prioritize Internships Over One Another Last, but definitely not least, you should certainly be prioritizing your internships over one another. While your internships likely all feel equally important to you, certain internships are going to be more important to employers than others. For this reason, if you are one of those individuals that held multiple internships throughout your college career, you will need to prioritize your internship experience when you are crafting your resume. In this way, you should outline every single internship that you had throughout college. From here, you should limit your internship experience to one, full page of internships. Then, you can list out all the tasks for those internships. Finally, you can remove the tasks that are not relevant to the position that you are applying for. As previously stated, you don’t want a resume that’s so long an employer won’t bother reading it, but you do want to include as much information as possible to showcase your experience as it relates to the position you are applying for. As such, you should always outline absolutely everything that you can and, from here, you can hone in the important details to make sure that your resume is completely tailored and oriented towards the position that you are applying for. Again, holding internships throughout college is in your best interest, as they are frequently referred to as resume boosters. That being said, it’s imperative that you leverage these internships when writing your resume to ensure that all potential employers have a full understanding of your qualifications and background. Writing a resume is no easy feat, especially when you are an entry-level applicant, but there are certainly ways to ensure that you are a strong contender when it comes to a new position simply based on the way that you format, layout and fill out your resume. The above ten tips are a helpful starting point in ensuring that your resume is saying all that it should be, but it’s also a good idea to attend resume building classes, seminars and workshops to really focus on creating and maintaining an effective resume, at the beginning of and throughout your career. No matter how you build it out, your resume is the means through which you will earn a new position, so make sure that you are fully committed to making it the best that it can be.