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Tasha Corbin
[Company name]
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As illustrated in the photo below, this train has a front car, a passenger car and a caboose. Stakeholders, in my opinion are the “passenger car” of this train and should not be forgotten in the middle.
[Year]
Tasha Corbin
[Company name]
[Date]
BUSINESS-It’s What Drives America
BUSINESS-It’s What Drives America
As a senior level accountant, I am often given the daunting task of identifying candidates for accounting positions and bringing them on board upon finding their suitability to the position. I have found time and time again that one of the trickiest questions in the accounting interview is not to boggle a persons’ brain with complex theory or an accounting term that is sure to stomp them, having them stare across the interview table in a conference room that could swallow the average nervous person whole. I shy away from questions of that nature and head straight to one that surprisingly stumps the unworthy candidates and separates, if you will, the boys from the men. The question is this: What is the purpose of business? Very surprisingly, many people are stumped on the thought of answering this question, thinking that it has nothing to do with accounting, finance, procurement or the like. In some cases, however, a shining star will reflect on their biggest moment and business and relate this to what they think business is all about.
It is common knowledge that businesses are not formed overnight and that the heart and soul of the business stems from the vision of its owner, in the midnight hour, when others are dead to the world. First and foremost, the thoughts were of success, growth and sustainability. After that is established, other things come to play, such as a mission and the goals of the