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Accounting Ranks First In Something Good For Once

Going Concern

Back to CNBC: Accountants claimed the top spot in FlexJobs’ annual ranking of the top remote jobs in the U.S., thanks to increasing demand for these skilled professionals across several industries, including finance, health care and government. Alright, we need to define “top.”

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Friday Footnotes: No Foolin’ Here; 18,000 New Accounting Jobs; Skills Auditors Need NOW to Be Future-Ready | 4.1.22

Going Concern

Goodwill Impairment Study (“2021 Study”) released today by the Valuation Advisory Services practice of Kroll, the leading provider of data, technology and insights related to risk, governance and growth. The post Friday Footnotes: No Foolin’ Here; 18,000 New Accounting Jobs; Skills Auditors Need NOW to Be Future-Ready | 4.1.22

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AICPA Says it Has a Plan to Fix the CPA Talent Shortage

CPA Practice

One of the biggest questions currently being asked by many throughout the accounting profession is, “How can we make accounting more appealing to students?” There’s plenty of accounting jobs out there that need to be filled— more than 300,000 accountants and auditors have left the profession in the past few years.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: PwC CEO Resigns Over Tax Scandal; RTO Propaganda; Unproductive Productivity | 5.8.23

Going Concern

Financial Times : The head of PwC in Australia has resigned as chief executive three days after admitting that he had received emails regarding confidential government information on changes to tax avoidance laws to win new business. Don’t let The Guardian scare you about layoffs, find a new accounting job instead.

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Wall Street Journal Addresses the Accountant Shortage, Suggests a Recession Could Fix It

Going Concern

People from various backgrounds — many of whom were in their 30s or even 40s — who found themselves suddenly out of a job flocked to accounting because it was one of the few industries consistently hiring through the recession (the other being government). The number of postings for U.S. a provider of workplace data.

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Friday Footnotes: KPMG Is Twice as Bad as Other Firms; Upskill or Die; Hella M&A | 10.21.22

Going Concern

Circle K planning to eliminate corporate accounting jobs in Columbus and other North American locations [ The Republic ]. Circle K is eliminating potentially dozens of corporate accounting jobs from its US Midwest Region office on West Jonathan Moore Pike in Columbus, The Republic has confirmed.

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Friday Footnotes: Ex-CPA Leaves Clients in the Lurch Before Tax Day; EY Layoffs; More ERC Concerns | 4.12.24

Going Concern

Accounting jobs are in high demand—many pay over $100,000 and can be done from home [ CNBC ] Didn’t they write this same article a few months ago? While the average mean salary for accountants in the U.S.

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