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

CPA Practice

Clearly the career track for CPAs in the corporate world offers more glamorous and lucrative opportunities, and the sophistication and competitive nature of business finance often presents more challenges to maximize profitability that in turn yield performance opportunities for ambitious youngsters. Or is something else going on?

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Guy Proposes Not Terrible Ideas to Get People Into Government Accounting

Going Concern

So what can we do about it beyond complaining, holding conferences and meetings to discuss it, and rehashing the same AICPA data points that are repeated in every article ever written about the accountant shortage? He also speaks about a potential untapped resource for talent at the workforce level: account clerks.