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Shocking News: 82.4% of Hiring Managers Are Struggling to Find Accounting and Finance Talent

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of hiring managers for accounting and financial positions at public companies said talent retention is a big challenge, compared to 68.9% Obtaining talent with technological skills (23.4% I don’t think it’s a decline of interest in finance and accounting,” he explains. of public company hiring managers and 14.8% public; 38.6%

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: The Real Reason 150 Hours Exists; KPMG Pensioners Call Partners Immoral, Despicable | 1.22.24

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They made the intermediate accounting curriculum harder than it needed to be and used junior professors who weren't as experienced to make the class even harder. They envisioned an accounting firm where the best practitioners couldn’t wait to get in the door and clients were lining up to receive unsurpassed service.