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Listen Up, Young Accountants: Career Advice For Sticking Out Those Early Years

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In other words, they weren’t satisfied with understanding debits, credits, and audits. From where I sit, accounting gives you a great window into the inner workings of a company. What kinds of career advice are you giving young professionals? 1 podcast for accountants and bookkeepers.

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Bold Move Listing ‘Lucrative Compensation’ As One of Five Reasons to Pursue Accounting, Montclair State

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In a post published on October 7th by Montclair State University titled “ Top 5 Reasons to Transition to an Accounting Career ” that can be best described as a thinly veiled advertisement for their Master’s program, the university explains “why making the leap into accounting might be the best move you ever make.”

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: No One Plans to Hate Accounting; PwC Was Cheating!? | 10.14.24

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I held onto my accounting career until I was white in the knuckles because I had invested too much energy, time, and money into the profession. He added, “These audits have demonstrated that our finances are managed consistent with best practices, and we have never had any wrongdoing revealed through these audits.”

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State CPA Society News & Updates – June 2023

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At Mazars, she specializes in accounting and auditing for transportation and logistics. Accounting Opportunities Month will bring Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) into middle school, high school and college classrooms to share their career journeys, debunk common myths, and provide valuable insights into the accounting profession.

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

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Talent Why Graduates Aren’t Hot on Accounting Careers: Low Starting Pay, Onerous Testing [ Wall Street Journal ] For Connor Verrett, an economics major and entrepreneurship minor at Washington & Lee University who expects to graduate this month, that roadblock was among the factors he considered in eschewing an accounting career. “It

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Research: Big 4 Dads Still Aren’t Embracing Paternity Leave

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TLDR summary of this article from ChatGPT: Big 4 accounting firms introduced paternity leave in 2006, but a recent study finds that many fathers, especially in high-pressure environments like audit firms, hesitate to take advantage of it. We conduct interviews with 13 men in audit firms in France.

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EY to Invest $1 Billion in Effort to Attract New Accountants

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EY US announced plans on June 12 to invest $1 billion over three years in talent and technology as a way to improve the attractiveness of the profession to young accountants. Investors and global capital markets depend on a thriving accounting profession,” Ginnie Carlier, EY Americas vice chair of talent, said in a statement. “Our