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Clay Holifield
Clay Holifield
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Clay Holifield

Cooper Farms

Fairfield, TX USA

"Life’s too short to hate what you do."

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Clay's work combines: Business, Numbers, and Working with Others

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Day In The Life

Accountant & Store Manager

I manage a farm store and handle the accounting and bookkeeping for a peach farm.

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Day In The Life Of An Accountant And Store Manager

My Day to Day

I show up to the store around 7 a.m., grab some coffee, and make sure everyone else shows up on time and ready to work. Then I start tackling whatever needs to get done, whether that's catching up on book work, stocking the store, going around the farm, etc.

Skills & Education

Here's the path I took:

  • High School

  • Bachelor's Degree

    Accounting

    Sam Houston State University

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Life & Career Milestones

My path in life has been direct

  • 1.

    Throughout high school and college, I gained work experience in retail, food service, ranching, and construction.

  • 2.

    I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do in college—I was two years in and still undecided when I took an accounting class, found that I really enjoyed it, and decided to pursue that.

  • 3.

    I started working at Cooper Farms in 2012 while I was still in school and sold produce at the roadside store.

  • 4.

    Two years later, I was about to graduate college with my accounting degree and was looking to move on.

  • 5.

    At that same time, Cooper Farms was looking for an accountant and store manager.

  • 6.

    I loved working for Cooper Farms so I took the position and have been here ever since!

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