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3 reasons for the accountant shortage (and how CPA firms can attract candidates in 2023)

Accounting Insight

Reason #2: Accounting students balk at long hours and unimpressive pay It’s no secret that public accountants work long hours. Accounting students understand they’ll need to “pay their dues” during their first few years before seeing significant pay increases. Salaries matter.

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AICPA Says it Has a Plan to Fix the CPA Talent Shortage

CPA Practice

One of the biggest questions currently being asked by many throughout the accounting profession is, “How can we make accounting more appealing to students?” There’s plenty of accounting jobs out there that need to be filled— more than 300,000 accountants and auditors have left the profession in the past few years.

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Which Are the Most In-Demand Accounting Jobs Right Now?

Snyder

Now, it’s kind of difficult to predict where you’ll end up but there are certain jobs that’ll always be in demand, in particular accounting jobs. In the following article, you’ll find out why the accounting field is worth pursuing and which jobs are in demand with some of the highest salaries across the industries.

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Friday Footnotes: A (Fake) Day in the Life at Deloitte; DYNAMIC Merger For Grant Thornton; CPA Awareness | 12.9.22

Going Concern

Check out these remote accounting jobs at Accountingfly. The organization, commonly known as MICPA, is working to raise awareness of accounting career opportunities among high school students by sending its members into numerous Michigan schools to educate and share their personal journeys within the profession.

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