A great time for accountants
It's a great time to be an accountant. To the novice or outsider, this statement may at first seem bold. After all, haven't we just been through two years of ceaseless business scandals, with many accountants and financial executives arrested and disgraced?
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TCPA member profits from CPA Day in Annapolis
"I would say that I got two big things out of it. One is that I got
to meet a lot of CPAs, picking their brains and making connections for the future. However, the most important thing is what it did to my attitude and morale. Before CPA Day if someone asked me what profession I was in, I would say I was a title researcher hoping to become a CPA one day. Now I would say I am beginning my CPA career. That is a huge moral and motivation boost. I got all this and all I had to give up was a day's
pay. That's a lot more asset then liability on anyone's balance sheet."
— Jason Goldstein, Catonsville Community College
Find an internship
Look here for internships and entry-level positions.
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Financial salaries soar as visibility of finance function rises
Salaries for finance and accounting professionals increased by 6.3 percent across the United States, surpassing predictions. Controllers with a CPA average 44 percent higher take-home salary than peers without a CPA. Accounting managers holding a CPA make 25 percent more than non-CPA peers. For more on the Financial Professionals Association survey, click here:
www.accountantsworld.com/news/currnews.aspx?q1=46213959
AICPA releases survey on supply and demand of accounting graduates
The AICPA survey shows that the number of new recruits with master's degrees rose by 9 percent, while recruits with bachelor's degrees decreased by 5 percent. And females comprise the majority (61 percent) of new graduates hired by public accounting firms. For more information and to download the survey, click here:
www.aicpa.org/members/div/career/edu/sagdpar.htm
Scandals are a hot topic in college courses
Recent ethics scandals at the Boeing Co., Enron and other corporations are providing up-to-date case studies for college business schools, professors said.
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UM professor Gordon among tops in field, study says
A new study has placed a University of Maryland business professor among the most prolific authors of accounting in the world.
baltimore.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/
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Networking made easy for college seniors
Networking isn't easy, but somebody's got to do it — you. A career counselor offers tips on this effective job-hunting strategy and shares how she used networking in her recent search.
www.collegejournal.com/columnists/senioryear/
20040121-delapa.html.
Bill Gates' 11 rules for living
Rule 1: Life is not fair; get used to it. As quoted in New Accountant. For accounting articles and insights, click here:
www.NewAccountantUSA.com
Survey: CPAs can expand from tax advisor into financial services
counselor
While certified public accountants continue to dominate the role of
tax advisor, a recent survey from Nationwide Financial shows that affluent Americans are beginning to rely on them also for broader financial services advice and products.
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Casual is still cool
Despite some movement to return to more formality in the workplace, informality will dominate in clothing, culture, office décor and workplace structural design. Read about this and other workforce and workplace forecasts for 2004.
www.hermangroup.com/top10_2004.html
Campus reps wanted
Yaeger CPA Review is looking for a representative on your campus. This is a great opportunity to get Yaeger's course for free. Please contact John Pelicano at (800) 824-2811 or pyaeger801@aol.com.
TCPA member profile
Meet Jennifer Baker, a senior at Villa Julie College and an intern
and future staff member at KAWG&F, P.A.
Graduation date: May 2004
Hobbies: In my free time ... wait, I don't have any.
Favorite movie: "The Emperor's New Groove"
Why I want to be a CPA: In high school, I decided I wanted to work with numbers, so I decided to become a CPA. Honestly, I didn't even know what it was until I got to college.
Favorite course: Tax I
Least favorite course: Business Law
What people say when I tell them my career choice: "You must be really good at math!" Ha!
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