Here are some ways accounting departments and faculty can integrate technology throughout the curriculum to better prepare graduates to meet the needs of the profession.
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Top soft skills for accounting professionals
This article discusses the four soft skills most prominent for professionals looking to improve their work and their employability.
Building a career as a regulator
Regulatory agencies are popular employers for CPAs looking to use their analytical ability and financial know-how to ensure the integrity of financial reporting and auditing, protect consumers and investors, and maintain the fairness of financial markets.
Flexibility can cushion pandemic’s threat to women’s careers
Additional responsibilities around caring for children and supervising schooling are taking a toll on women, putting them at increasing risk of burnout during the pandemic.
4 ways to get the most out of a virtual conference
If you’re planning to attend a virtual conference this year, try these four tips for maximizing learning, expanding your network, and achieving professional development.
Summon the courage to take career risks
Career risks can be scary, but these tips can help whether you’re considering a small step or a major leap.
Format column headings in Excel to make them easier to read
Learn three simple formatting tricks to make column headings – or other cells – more readable in Excel.
Prepare your students for hybrid recruiting
As students search out their own career paths, faculty can help by preparing them for both virtual and in-person career events.
Build your small firm or solo practice’s brand
A career expert and three CPAs who have successfully built their brand share some advice.
5 tips for overcoming your pandemic screen addiction
This article offers tips on using technology in healthier ways.
These are the snacks powering CPAs during tax season
Here are some ways CPAs and their firms are keeping their bodies — and brains — fed during this extended tax season.
6 steps to transitions for public-sector finance professionals
This article discusses how those in public-sector finance can address the challenges of transition, continue to make valuable workplace contributions, and come out shining on the other side.
Weighing a move if your job has gone remote
Here are a few things remote-working finance professionals should consider when thinking of moving.
The pandemic pushed us forward. Let’s keep evolving
This article discusses how CPAs should plan for and expect significant organic growth based on the transformation that occurred due to the pandemic.
Manage a stressful workload with meditation
Adopting a regular meditation routine can help you focus and stay calm.
Find success with virtual campus recruiting
This article offers tips to help firms succeed at virtual recruiting.
How one accounting program introduces students to RPA
A professor explains how and why to incorporate the technology into the curriculum.
See descriptive statistics in Excel
Learn how to use Excel to quickly calculate basic descriptive statistics for a dataset, including mean, standard deviation, minimums, and maximums.
6 proactive steps accountants can take to get promoted in 2021
Individuals who are proactive about their professional development and excel at communication and other soft skills have the best chance of promotion in a remote-working environment.
How to counter clients’ cognitive biases
This article discusses a few cognitive biases financial planners are likely to encounter and ways to help clients move past them.
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