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How CPA Firms Can Compete for Top Talent in the Year Ahead

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As I noted in an earlier post , 95% of hiring managers in finance and accounting surveyed by Robert Half said they find it challenging to locate skilled candidates available for hire. And unemployment rates for in-demand roles, like accountants and auditors, are typically well below the national average.

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Friday Footnotes: The Metaverse’s First CPA Firm Gets Sued; CPA Exam Blueprints; Mad Mergers | 1.6.23

Going Concern

Employers added 223K jobs in December, but cut 1,100 in accounting [ Accounting Today ]. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 223,000 in December and the unemployment rate ticked downward by two-tenths of a point to 3.5%, the U.S. Money Diary: A Senior External Auditor On 54k [ Refinery29 ].

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Friday Footnotes: PwC Partners Get Played; Bad Accounting on the Rise; Getting to the Bottom of the Shortage | 9.1.23

Going Concern

Check out this week’s top remote accounting candidates. in accounting [ Accounting Today ] The biggest gains occurred in the health care, leisure and hospitality, social assistance and construction industries. Employers added 187K jobs in August, including 2.7K Over the past 12 months, they’ve increased 4.3%.

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College Accounting Programs Are Taxpayer-Funded Training Programs for the Big 4 and Other Such Muckraking

Going Concern

They have learned nothing about the needs of small business with minimal (if any) coverage of financial statement preparation without an audit, working for clients without an internal accounting department, or the realities of being a small business advisor. June 17, 2019. These are the companies leading our education programs.

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