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July 6, 2007
Accountants in demand
Looks like the hottest career path in the I-Cubed Economy right now is accounting --
Graduating With a CP-Yay - washingtonpost.com:
Accounting isn't typically considered to be the most thrilling course of study, but number-crunching students have become hot commodities on college campuses as firms try to keep up with the exploding demand for financial workers.
Increased scrutiny of public companies coupled with the impending retirement of thousands of baby boomers have driven accounting firms to snag the next generation of auditors, bookkeepers and tax experts as early as possible with promises of plump paychecks and tempting perks. Some firms are grooming potential interns as early as high school.
Now, if we could just get the number crunchers to understand intangible assets (he says tongue firmly in cheek).
I do have to wonder how many of these number crunchers are being drawn fro the ranks of potential engineers?
Posted by Ken Jarboe at July 6, 2007 1:58 PM
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