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PICPA Offers CPA Exam Scholarship
PICPA will award 20 emerging accounting professionals $500 each to help cover the cost of the CPA Exam. Applicants must be PICPA members, cannot be receiving any additional funding for the exam, plus some other requirements. Submit an application before April 30, 2011. Applications will be reviewed by the Member Services Committee, and winners will be notified in May 2011. View the PICPA’s scholarship page for more details and to submit an application.
Hot job for the next decade? Try ‘accountant’
The number of available jobs in accounting is expected to rise by 22 percent through 2018, according to a new report from the BLS. That’s almost 5 percent higher than the average for all professional occupations and equal to almost 300,000 new jobs, according to Ali Velshi.
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Survey Names Accounting Most Desirable Major for the New Year
Good news for this year’s batch of accounting graduates. Those receiving a degree in 2011 are expected to fare best in the current job market, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
Sixty-two percent of employers approached for the professional placement association’s Job Outlook 2011 survey said they would like to hire accounting majors. Coming in second was finance, with 57 percent. Other fields that garnered top responses were business, computer science and engineering.
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Revamped CPA Exam Format Launches
The American Institute of CPA’s, the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, and Prometric launched the new Uniform CPA Examination on Wednesday, which now includes questions on International Financial Reporting Standards and other significant changes.
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AICPA book offers “Inside Track” to accounting careers
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Leave a Comment Students and young CPAs interested in learning more about what the accounting profession has in store for a future career can now read all about it in a new book published by the American Institute of CPAs.
“The Inside Track to Careers in Accounting” includes interviews with more than 50 CPAs, offering personal stories and insight into their chosen career paths.
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CPA Exam Scholarship
The PICPA is offering an opportunity to apply for a $500 scholarship to help 20 candidates cover the cost of sitting for the CPA Exam. Deadline for application is September 10, 2010 and winners will be notified by October. Click here for details.
Passing the CPA Exam: More than just a test
There is an implicit level of respect you receive in earning the CPA designation – not just from the public at large but also from the fellow CPAs. We may take the other requirements for granted: the years of experience, college course credits, yearly CPE credits, and compliance with other standards, but all of us remember what a CPA had to go through during and in preparation for the Exam.
So, let’s reflect on what preparing for and passing the Exam teaches us. And let’s explore some techniques that are useful for those currently on the CPA Exam journey.
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AICPA Responds to CPA Exam Myths
Another season, another batch of new CPAs are being sworn in. Jeff, a CPA and the author of ” Another 71- A CPA Exam Blog,” recently posed these questions to the AICPA in hopes of clearing up some confusion about the infamous exam.
Click here to find out the answers to the following questions:
- A Curve on the CPA Exam?
- BEC – Why the wait?
- Re-score: Worth the hassle (and time and money)?
- Grading Transparency
- Real-time scoring in the works?
- Borderline Candidates?
- Is a raw score possible?
- 18 month rule
CPA Exam Tips Webinar
On March 22nd, Elizabeth Kolar of Delaware Valley College and Philadelphia CPA Exam Review presented a webinar on CPA Exam tips. You can download part one and part two of the CPA Exam Tips Webinar recording to get tips and guidance on registering, studying, and passing the exam.
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AICPA and Accountemps to Provide Five Scholarships for Accounting Students
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and Accountemps, the temporary staffing service for accounting, finance and bookkeeping professionals, are accepting applications for the 2010-2011 AICPA/Accountemps Student Scholarship. Five individuals will receive $2,500 each for tuition expenses.
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