Accountants Round Up

"Accounting Students-Don’t Put Yourself at the Bottom of the Potential Hire List"

By Stacie Clifford Kitts: Here are three tips for accounting students to help improve your chances of getting the right job offer.

1) Work an internship during college. An internship is a vital part of the learning process. It gives the accounting student the opportunity to learn skills and office processes that are not taught in a classroom environment. It can help new accountants determine the size of firm they feel comfortable working for.

Read complete post Accounting Students-Don’t Put Yourself at the Bottom of the Potential Hire List
Source: The Business Perspective, 25 April 2009.

"For Some, Accounting Career Might Add Up"

By Eric Boehm: This week marks the beginning of a relaxing and carefree summer for most teens, but the 17 Rochester-area high school students participating in the Career Opportunities in the Accounting Professions program are thinking about their futures.

"The point of the program is that these kids will see that accountants do all kinds of things, that they aren't just bookkeepers," said Toni Spina, chair of the Rochester COAP program.

COAP was established in 1987 by the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants as a way to get minority students interested in accounting degrees.

Read complete article For Some, Accounting Career Might Add Up
Source: Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, 30 June 2009. Copyright ©2009 Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. All rights reserved.

"You Have Your Accounting Degree. What's Next?"

By Business Wire: They’ve spent years studying finance, auditing, and budgeting. They’ve joined the student chapters of professional associations like the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA®) and networked with key practitioners in their community. As many thousands of graduates enter the workforce this month with an accounting degree in hand and a variety of relevant experience under their belts, many ask: “What can I do now?”

Despite the fragile economy, employment of accountants is expected to grow by 18 percent between 2006 and 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is faster than the average for all other occupations.

Read complete article You Have Your Accounting Degree. What's Next?
Source: Business Wire, 11 May 2009. Copyright © 2008 Business Wire. All rights reserved.Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.

"Advice for the Next Generation of “Tax Ladies” "

By Roni Deutch: Mother’s Day is around the corner, and I would like to dedicate this column to mothers and daughters everywhere.

The tax industry can be a major boy’s club (don’t I know it?). Financial fields are generally male-dominated, but that doesn’t mean that opportunities for women are scarce. It simply means you have to be competitive. For women thinking about a career as a CPA, tax attorney or a tax preparer, I’ve got some hard won advice.

Read complete post Advice for the Next Generation of “Tax Ladies”
Source: The Tax Lady Blog, 4 May 2009.

"Hiring Generation Y"

By Donna Fenn: Now that unemployment is at 8.5% and no one is really talking about a labor shortage any longer, can you forget all that nonsense about how you need to pay special attention to training, motivating, and engaging your Generation Y employees? They ought to be happy just to have a job, right? Not so fast... Among those forces: over-indulgent parents; growing distrust of corporations; increasing integration of work and non-work time.

Read complete post Hiring Generation Y
Source: The Entrepreneurial Generation, 7 April 2009. Copyright © 2009 Mansueto Ventures LLC. All rights reserved.

"Training and Development Special: The New Kids Stir It Up"

By Nic Paton: Whatever the answer, the arrival of the so-called Generation Y, or workers born after 1982, into accountancy practices seems to be causing a bit of an issue. Of course, there have always been differences between generations... But the different outlook and expectations of Generation Y do appear to be causing friction within some accountancy firms.

Read complete article Training and Development Special: The New Kids Stir It Up
Source: AccountancyAge, 5 March 2009. © Incisive Media Ltd. 2009 Incisive Media Limited. All rights reserved.

"The Biggest Reason Why People Fail With Social Networking Sites"

By Automatic Referrals: Social networking sites aren't just for college kids anymore. As testament to that fact, the stat tracking site Inside Facebook cites that the fasting growing demographic of users to the site of that name is women over 55. More and more, sites like LinkedIn and Facebook are becoming efficient and powerful ways for professionals to network.

But if you're going to take the leap and start a LinkedIn profile, make sure you do it right.

Read complete article The Biggest Reason Why People Fail With Social Networking Sites
Source: Automatic Referrals, 26 February 2009. Copyright © 2006 By Horsesmouth LLC. All rights reserved.

"How Dramatically Will Gen Y Change The Workplace?"

By Phyllis Weiss Haserot: We will be debating for some time whether it's life-changing determination, a clear-eyed vision, naiveté, or the arrogance of youth: A significant number of Gen Yers are convinced they will dramatically change the world of work.

As a faithful reader and sometimes commenter on the Employee Evolution blog, I found myself following and making multiple comments on blog founder Ryan Healy's post in May 2008 (and still receiving new comments), "10 Ways Generation Y Will Change the Workplace." Well written with seemingly no doubt in his mind, Healy described the 10 workplace transformations to come from Gen Y/Millennials.

Read complete article How Dramatically Will Gen Y Change The Workplace?
Source: AccountingWEB, 5 February 2009. © Phyllis Weiss Haserot, 2008. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2009 AccountingWEB, Inc. All rights reserved.

"Keeping Those Millennials Happy and Productive"

By Liz Gold: You’ve heard it before and you’ll hear it again: the younger generation is key to boosting your bottom line.

Most new graduates are eager to showcase their talents and have not picked up bad working habits, according to Tip Fallon, the founder of Speaking for Change, a consulting firm that advances the success of college students through speaking engagements, consulting, coaching and blogs.

Read complete post Keeping Those Millennials Happy and Productive
Source: Accounting Tomorrow, 3 February 2009. © 2007 WebCPA and SourceMedia, Inc. All rights reserved.

"What Millennials Want"

By WebCPA Staff: A new report from Ingenuity Marketing (IM) offers some eye-opening insights into what "millennials," or twenty-something staffers, expect from their existing or potential firm.

A series of questions with four possible answers, covering such categories as recruitment, online branding, office space, and work style, among others, reveals some of the likes and dislikes of millennials.

Read complete post What Millennials Want
Source: Accounting Tomorrow, 1 February 2009. © 2007 WebCPA and SourceMedia, Inc. All rights reserved.