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Friday Footnotes: CPA Exam Scares Accounting Majors Away; EY Loses Fees in China | 5.12.23

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Talent Why Graduates Aren’t Hot on Accounting Careers: Low Starting Pay, Onerous Testing [ Wall Street Journal ] For Connor Verrett, an economics major and entrepreneurship minor at Washington & Lee University who expects to graduate this month, that roadblock was among the factors he considered in eschewing an accounting career. “It

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Friday Footnotes: Why Private Equity Loves the Profession; A Very Naughty KPMG Employee; WTF PwC Guy | 4.5.24

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The Early Career Rising Star honoree is Vivian Newton, who received both her bachelor’s (2016) and master’s (2017) degrees in accounting, along with an Honors College Degree. She is serving a two-year rotation as a manager in Grant Thornton’s SEC Regulatory Matter Group in Washington, D.C.

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