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

Going Concern

note: A reader sent in this thought-provoking essay on their experience as a CPA. 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.

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Top 7 Reasons Why People Are Leaving Accounting Firms, According to PICPA

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PICPA received survey responses from 323 accounting professionals nationwide who have zero to 15 years of public accounting experience and have left their firm or profession within the past five years. So, why are so many heading for the exits? This group of professionals was called “current talent.”

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BDO USA Calls Its New ESOP ‘a Game-Changer’ for the Profession

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the sixth-largest public accounting firm in the U.S., said on Monday that it is establishing an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)—which would allow its more than 10,000 professionals to buy a shared stake in the CPA firm—that is expected to become effective later this month. BDO USA P.A.,

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CPA Firm Managing Partner Weighs in on How to Rebuild the Talent Pipeline

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How to fix the crumbing talent pipeline in the accounting profession is a topic on the minds of many people these days. And it popped up at a session during the first day of the 2023 Unique CPA Conference, “Bridging the Gap,” in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, IL, on Tuesday. You don’t have to be a CPA. It’s not glamorous.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Accounting Firms Ditch Zoom Interviews; Mississippi’s Best CPA Exam Candidates | 8.28.23

Going Concern

Accounting firms across the pond are ditching Zoom interviews, writes Sunday Times : Zoom calls became the norm for business meetings during the pandemic — but accountancy firms, among the biggest graduate recruiters, are going back to face-to-face interviews when hiring, saying it is easier to assess candidates’ characters.

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

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As a firm we have had to be proactive in our response to attracting candidates, addressing workforce planning and aligning our recruitment strategy to reflect this.” Colorado Springs accounting firm to open Denver office [ Denver Business Journal ] Stockman Kast Ryan and Co., Fired: job search or CPA exam?

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Tommye Barie, CPA – 2023 Most Powerful Women in Accounting

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Tommye Barie, CPA 2023 Most Powerful Women in Accounting EVP – Leaders Development Success Institute, LLC How do you envision the accounting profession evolving in the foreseeable future for women? The accounting profession will continue evolving to provide more desirability and opportunities for women.

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