bookkeeper
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Rowley struggled to find work as a bookkeeper because so many locations triggered her allergies.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
She hopes the credential will position her for a job as an accounting specialist or bookkeeper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Kathy Gilchrist, a 51-year-old bookkeeper in Pine River, Minn., goes so far as to mark the dates on her calendar when her Kohl’s Cash is valid to ensure she uses it before it expires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
Tony Gene Broxton, a former fire department bookkeeper from the Florida Panhandle, was indicted in 2013 on federal charges of theft of public money and making false statements.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025
Kathy was the business’s secretary, bookkeeper, credit department, public-relations manager—she did everything in the office, while her husband handled the building and painting.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
The Panic of 1893 was followed by a boom in corporations and their demand for what we now call white-collar office workers, such as stenographers and bookkeepers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
Brown suggests prioritizing bookkeepers and accountants, building automations or hiring someone to generate leads.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
Refugees work as housekeepers, maintenance workers and dishwashers, but also as bookkeepers and marketing assistants.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 6, 2022
The moral bookkeepers would assure you: The math works out, your conscience is clean, don’t give it a second thought.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2022
They were the postal workers and the struggling bookkeepers and the men lying on their couches at home without any job at all.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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