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5 Ways to Attract and Retain Talent in the Accounting and Finance Industry

Cherry Bekaert

Accounting and finance employment is projected to grow 4% from 2022 to 2032, with about 126,500 openings for accountants and auditors each year on average. 1 But attracting and retaining talent is proving difficult for several accounting recruiters and accounting talent acquisition specialists. retirement).

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Top Remote Accountants of the Week | May 16, 2024

Going Concern

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Sales tax isn't simple: Is outsourcing the answer?

TaxConnex

TaxConnex’s recent market survey of 100 top finance professionals found that almost half (46%) of respondents used internal sources to prepare and file returns and more than half used internal resources to track nexus and manage jurisdictional notices and communications. Are they experienced with auditors?

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Friday Footnotes: RTO Isn’t Going So Great; KPMG Wins Something; What Auditors? | 5.19.23

Going Concern

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. ICYMI I Love Accounting. At its core, accounting is a challenging career that requires growth and learning and can usually pay pretty well. So I Had to Leave. [ So I Had to Leave. [

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Tuesday Morning Accounting News Brief: EY and PwC Get a New Scandal; Stop Trying to Make Sexy Accountants Happen | 1.16.24

Going Concern

Supposedly accounting is the hottest in-demand remote job : The most sought-after remote job companies are hiring for isn’t in tech, as you might expect. Accountant is the hottest work-from-home job on the market right now. Accountants claimed the top spot in FlexJobs’ annual ranking of the top remote jobs in the U.S.,

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150 Hour Rule: Let’s Keep Arguing About What Color the Drapes Should Be While the House is Burning Down

Going Concern

Amanda Iacone at Bloomberg Tax has written the accounting niche’s 1,735th article about the accountant shortage and this time, as is often the case, the focus is 150 hours. Companies, not just CPA firms, are struggling to fill senior accountant roles and jobs for accountants with three to five years of experience.

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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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