Firms want candidates to have critical reasoning skills and not just be "robots" who follow processes and procedures blindly ...

As president and CEO of the Indiana CPA Society, Courtney Kincaid spends a lot of time promoting the merits of an accounting career. “It’s a great profession and it offers so much opportunity.” At the ...

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Accounting firms want graduates with personality and grit, making part-time retail work, team sports and volunteering as ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

For accounting firms, filling vacancies with qualified candidates can be a challenge. Finding individuals with the right skills is a painstaking process, and one that takes time. However, tools and ...

Q: What's the definition of an accountant? A: Someone who solves a problem you didn't know you had in a way you don't understand. Okay, so maybe that's not entirely fair. But as with most humor ...

Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...

Accounting professionals can be self-employed or work for a specific company. Most accountants specialize in a specific discipline of accounting, including taxes, accounts receivable, cost accounting, ...

Hiring in accounting and finance is likely to be flat in the second quarter of 2012 in the United States even though CFOs are confident in their business prospects for that period, a Robert Half ...