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Revitalizing the Accounting Talent Pipeline

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Recruiting and employee retention have topped the priority list of businesses at large in the recent past, but for the accounting industry, it has been a primary focus for most of the last decade. Competition for accounting talent is fierce.

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College Accounting Programs Are Taxpayer-Funded Training Programs for the Big 4 and Other Such Muckraking

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These businesses have their financial advisory needs served by hundreds of thousands of small firm accountants and CPAs nationwide. Small business has unique needs for accounting services: primarily tax and advising, and secondarily day-to-day accounting needs to act as de-facto controllers and decision makers.

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State CPA Society News & Updates – June 2023

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The Society will award the $5,000 scholarship each year to a deserving undergraduate or graduate student pursuing an accounting degree in Massachusetts. Scholarship recipients are selected through a competitive application process by the Board of Directors of the Society’s Educational Foundation.

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This Accountant Shortage Nonsense Reeks of Deja Vu

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Prior to 2007 I had little idea the accounting profession existed. This cross-disciplinary knowledge covers accountancy, business law, corporate finance, human resources, information technology, marketing/sales, and operations. The article is “The Crisis in Accounting Education” by Alexander L.

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Professionals on the Move – June 2023

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Professionals on the Move is a round-up of promotions and hiring announcements in and around the accounting profession. in finance from Johns Hopkins University. He received bachelor’s degrees in economics and in finance and accounting from the University of Maryland. Shekel holds an M.B.A.

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Professionals on the Move – August 2023

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Professionals on the Move is a round-up of recent hiring and promotion announcements from across the accounting space. He provides accounting and assurance services to both public and privately held companies, primarily those within the construction and manufacturing sectors. Deatrick joined the firm in 2009.

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Professionals on the Move – Nov. 2023

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Bookkeep Names Accounting Veteran Alison Ball as Vice President of Marketing and Communications Bookkeep, the leading accounting automation platform for ecommerce and retail, today announced the hiring of Alison Ball as Vice President of Marketing and Communications. We congratulate and welcome them to the Whitley Penn Partnership.”