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  • Gen Z Turns to Income Stacking as a Response to Career Anxiety

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Oct 23, 2025
    A single paycheck is no longer enough for many younger professionals. For Gen Z, the combination of rising living costs, job insecurity, and changing professional expectations has pushed more early-career workers toward “income stacking,” a strategy where multiple income sources replace or supplement traditional employment. 

  • AICPA Offers Practical Guidance for Navigating Job Loss

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Oct 22, 2025
    With the recent government shutdown, concerns around employment gaps have come to the forefront. To help those affected, the AICPA has shared several steps individuals can take to manage both financial and emotional stress during period of uncertainty. 

  • IFAC Launches Principles to Expand Access to the Accounting Profession

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Oct 21, 2025
    The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) has published a new set of principles aimed at expanding access to the accounting profession and encouraging broader participation. 

  • AICPA Renews Push to Classify Accounting as a STEM Discipline

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Oct 20, 2025
    The AICPA is continuing its campaign to have accounting officially recognized as a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) discipline, pointing to new data showing widespread public support for the idea. 

  • A Different Path to Leadership in Public Accounting

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Oct 17, 2025
    The structure of public accounting careers is changing. The traditional path (working long hours for many years before advancing into leadership) is no longer the only route available.

  • Accounting Firms Are Seeing the Effects of Quiet Cracking

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Oct 14, 2025
    Accounting firms are facing a new kind of turnover risk. “Quiet cracking,” a term describing the slow disengagement of employees who remain on the job but are increasingly unmotivated, is emerging across the profession. It often shows up as lower productivity, withdrawal from team discussions, or missed deadlines.

  • Accountants Growing More Comfortable With AI’s Expanding Role

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Oct 13, 2025
    A new Accounting Today and Arizent survey suggests that most accountants are ready for artificial intelligence to take on more of the work that was once done by people.

  • Closing the Skills Gap in Accounting

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Oct 9, 2025
    The conversation around the accounting profession’s skills gap has been going on for some time, but it’s taken on new urgency in the years since the pandemic. Many firm leaders and educators have noticed that emerging professionals are entering the field with strong technical skills, yet often struggle with the softer ones (communication, collaboration, and leadership) that the profession depends on. 

  • Newsom Signs Bill Modernizing California's CPA Licensure Requirements

    By:
    Karen Sibayan
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    Oct 8, 2025
    According to a release from the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1175,  which modernizes California's CPA licensure requirements.

  • At CFO Live, Leaders Emphasize That Soft Skills Still Matter

    By:
    Emma Slack-Jorgensen
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    Oct 6, 2025
    As finance and accounting teams weigh how to adapt to new automation tools, speakers at the CFO Live: The Future of Finance event agreed that technical skills alone will not be enough to succeed. While the tools themselves are evolving quickly, what stands out is the continued importance of communication, empathy, and adaptability in how professionals use them. 
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