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Guy Proposes Not Terrible Ideas to Get People Into Government Accounting

Going Concern

For some time now municipalities have felt the crunch from the accountant shortage and unlike public accounting firms feeling the same, these entities don’t have the luxury of turning down work to ease it nor can they overwork their people with no overtime. Again, not a terrible idea.

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4 Automated Accounting Trade-offs That You May Not Have Considered

inDinero Accounting

You might wonder whether automated accounting software will replace the work of human accountants. As a computerized accounting system eliminates paper chasing, sorting, and reordering in excel, what are accounting clerks and bookkeepers to do?

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What to Look for in an Accountant

MazumaBusinessAccounting

You can likely combine these two tasks into an accounting clerk position. Hiring a Firm or an Employee You’ll want to determine whether you want an in-house accountant or a firm to manage your business’s accounting workload. Hire an employee or accounting firm with the skill set to do both.

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What to Look for in an Accountant

MazumaBusinessAccounting

You can likely combine these two tasks into an accounting clerk position. Hiring a Firm or an Employee You’ll want to determine whether you want an in-house accountant or a firm to manage your business’s accounting workload. Hire an employee or accounting firm with the skill set to do both.

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Attention, Soon-to-be-Accountants: Governments Need You

CPA Practice

Historically, graduates with an accounting degree or a CPA certificate could always count on getting a job in the public sector as a secure, albeit unglamorous, career path. Meanwhile, accounting firms were always happy to fill their off-season job calendars with state and local government audits.