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Wall Street Journal Addresses the Accountant Shortage, Suggests a Recession Could Fix It

Going Concern

Besides needing to hit minimum word count on this, I bring it up because even all these years later, I have a vague recollection of the phone calls I got in 2008 from aspiring CPAs. Audit and accounting jobs on average require 56 days to fill, up from 46 during the prior-year period. 30, down 15.9%

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