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  • Rethinking Accounting Partnerships and Pathways for the Next Generation

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Jan 10, 2025
    The accounting profession is undergoing significant changes as it adapts to the expectations of a new generation of professionals. How can accounting firms can attract Gen Z talent by rethinking traditional career pathways and partnership models, focusing on flexibility, inclusivity and opportunities for faster career advancement?
  • The Decline in Accounting Majors: Is There a Path Forward?

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Jan 9, 2025
    Fewer students are pursuing accounting degrees, raising concerns about the future of the field. Between 2016 and 2020, the number of accounting graduates dropped by 17%, as reported by AICPA, while the number of CPA exam candidates has fallen by 27% over the past decade. 
  • Intergenerational Shifts in Firms Threaten Audit Quality

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Jan 8, 2025
    On Dec. 9 2024, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) released a report highlighting intergenerational tensions in the workplace culture of the U.S.’s largest audit firms, including Deloitte, EY, PwC, KPMG, Grant Thornton, and BDO.
  • The Gen Z Catch-22: Navigating Workforce Challenges in 2025

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Jan 7, 2025
    As companies shift to “unbossing” by eliminating middle management, Gen Z has been thrust toward self-leadership. This change, while promoting autonomy, simultaneously limits the generation’s access to traditional pathways for advancement, creating what Joseph Heller refers to in his 1961 novel as a catch-22. 
  • More Gen Zers Will Enter the Workforce in 2025, and Here's What to Expect

    By:
    Karen Sibayan
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    Dec 26, 2024
    Although millennials are still dominating the U.S. workforce, Gen Z is not far behind. Three trends will define 2025 as more Gen Zers are expected to join the workforce next year.
  • Three Major Workplace Trends to Look Out for in 2025

    By:
    Karen Sibayan
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    Dec 23, 2024
    With this year coming to a close, Fast Company enumerated three major workplace trends in 2024. It also discussed some of the most significant office-related storylines it is closely monitoring in 2025.
  • A Closer Look at Performance Reviews: What Works and What Doesn't

    By:
    Karen Sibayan
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    Dec 18, 2024
    Even though years have passed after many major firms discontinued number-based ratings in performance reviews, the manner in which reviews are done is still a hot topic today,
  • Gen Z Leads in Gen AI’s Widespread Adoption

    By:
    Karen Sibayan
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    Nov 27, 2024
    On Nov. 25, Google Workspace’s new research demonstrates the widespread adoption of generative AI (gen AI) among work leaders. The study is based on a survey of more than 1,000 U.S. employees aged 22 to 39 who now hold or aspire to hold a leadership position at work.
  • DOGE's and Private Sector Return-to-Work Policies Have a Common Goal: Worker Attrition

    By:
    Karen Sibayan
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    Nov 22, 2024
    Writing an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who were jointly asked by President-elect Donald Trump to head up the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), opined on a topic that is still causing friction in offices throughout the country: returning to office.
  • Company President Lets Us in on Her Secrets to Prevent Burnout

    By:
    Karen Sibayan
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    Nov 19, 2024

    Jackie Meyer, founder and president of tax planning software provider TaxPlanIQ, wrote that recent research has found that 99% of accountants experience burnout. Although this is disturbing on a personal level, Meyer wrote that it can ultimately affect a company's bottom line. In her article, she examines how firms prevent burnout and increase their profit margins simultaneously.