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Letter to the Editor: Life in Public Accounting Doesn’t Add Up For Young Professionals

Going Concern

In it the author covers their introduction to accounting, the impact the pandemic had on their goals, and the all too familiar feeling of watching your peers make buckets of money in other careers while you grind away in public. ” When I was a junior in high school, I took my first accounting class. I loved the class.

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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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State CPA Societies in Action: Oklahoma Society of CPAs

CPA Practice

[ State CPA Societies in Action is a series of articles spotlighting the varied educational, advocacy, networking and professional activities of the state CPA societies across the U.S.] 2024 and beyond The Oklahoma Society of CPAs has established goals and objectives for 2024 and beyond.

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Students Sought for Accounting Internship Preparation Program

CPA Practice

The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) is encouraging aspiring certified public accountants (CPAs) to apply for its 12th annual Mary T. Illinois-based racial and ethnic minority college students interested in pursuing careers in accounting and finance are encouraged to apply. 6, 2023, at www.icpas.org/mtww.

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Surgent Accounting & Financial Education Introduces CPArescue and CMArescue Courses

CPA Practice

Surgent Accounting & Financial Education , a division of KnowFully Learning Group, has launched CPArescue and CMArescue, custom-tailored exam preparation coaching programs specifically designed to transform a student’s accounting certification journey from failure to passing.

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Revitalizing the Accounting Talent Pipeline

CPA Practice

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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Why Fraud—Yes, Fraud—Could Boost the Accounting Talent Pipeline

CPA Practice

A new study from the University of Florida revealed how financial fraud can play a surprising role in the struggling accounting labor force. Insights from these studies imply that fraud would create a negative stigma around the labor market for all business fields, and accounting in particular, but we find the opposite.

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