Both James and Marsha are accounting majors working on their MPAcc degrees at CSU Global. Both have spent a significant amount of time investigating the various opportunities available to them after graduation in the accounting profession. Both have ultimately come back to being sincerely interested in cost and managerial accounting. Neither has decided yet on any particular industry in which they may wish to eventually seek employment due to the significant variety of work and responsibilities that would be possible in each industry.

With the above in mind, answereach of the followingquestions as part of your initial response:

1. Help both James and Marsha locate where there are potential cost or managerial accounting positions they could consider after graduation including potential locations and the type of work a new graduate may perform at the start of a position in this field. Limit your research to two industries and two potential jobs, and provide hyperlinks to these jobs as part of your initial response.
2. Both students would like to complete some type of certification to validate to a potential employer their personal competencies when applying for a work position after graduation. Which of the two certifications, CPA or CMA, would help contribute to this goal and why, in your opinion? Should they seek one or the other or both certifications? Explain why in your opinion.
3. Both students believe they can make a difference in both the communities they ultimately decide to live and work in and also in someone's life (lives) in that community. In what way can both of these students pursue this admirable mission of working in the accounting field? Explain in detail.

In your initial response, ensure you incorporate relevant real-life scenarios and/or academic debates andinclude in bold type the above questionsyou are answering shown above in the discussion with your answers underneath each question.