The Certified Bookkeeper (CB) Designation

• Add to your market value.
• Increase your importance to company or clients.
• Put “CB” after your name to show your professional status.
• See how employers and CPAs value Certified Bookkeepers.
• Employers: What a Certified Bookkeeper can do for your company.

Benefits of Certification

The following statistics are from a 2019 survey of CBs by Lewis & Clark, Raleigh, NC:

• 90% of CBs, employed and freelance, recommend certification to other bookkeepers.

Employed CBs

• 49% of employed CBs say that certification enhanced their standing with their employer.
• 54% of CBs have gotten a new job, been promoted or been given higher level responsibilities since being certified; 84.3% of these say certification was important to their new status.
• 81% of CBs who interviewed for a new job since becoming certified say that certification was important in obtaining interviews.
• 59% of CBs received a raise after becoming certified-75.5% of these say certification was important in getting the raise.
• 46% of CBs say that being certified has enhanced their self-image.
• 61% of CBs say they gained new knowledge preparing for certification.
• 55% of CBs say that preparing for certification filled in gaps in their knowledge.
• 58% of CBs say that being certified has increased their self-confidence.

Freelance CBs

• 48% of freelance CBs say they have raised their rates since becoming certified.
• 37% of freelance CBs say that being certified helped them gain new clients.
• 55% of freelance CBs say that being certified enhanced their standing with clients.
• 47% of freelance CBs say that being certified has enhanced their self-image.
• 51% of freelance CBs say they gained new knowledge preparing for certification.
• 57% of freelance CBs say preparing for certification filled in gaps in their knowledge.
• 50% of freelance CBs say that being certified has increased their self-confidence.
• 82% of freelance CBs say that they have utilized certification for marketing purposes.