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Category: Career Development

2014 Accounting Grads: A Challenge

By Bill Kennedy Posted on June 13, 2014 Posted in Accounting, Career Development Tagged with challenge
2014 Accounting Grads:  A Challenge

Yesterday was convocation at my son’s university.  Sitting watching all the Commerce grads, I remembered my own graduation, and the guy sitting next to me saying, “We’re done.  If I learn anything more in the rest of my life, it …

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Good News for Accounting Students

By Bill Kennedy Posted on June 5, 2014 Posted in Career Development

Peter Paulson, from Ranstad USA, just forwarded me this infographic.  It confirms what I have seen elsewhere.  Simply put, more accountants are retiring than graduating, particularly in the audit field.  This is a bright spot in a world filled with …

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Career Advice for your Children

By Bill Kennedy Posted on January 21, 2014 Posted in Career Development, Change Management, Charity, Communication, Decision Making, Professional Development

Parents have to be more pragmatic in how they advise their offspring, so students gain the skills needed by business, according to Mark Venning, Chairman of the Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling, as quoted by the Globe and …

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Women in Management

By Bill Kennedy Posted on January 20, 2014 Posted in Business Drivers, Career Development

The Ontario Securities Commission wants to see more women in executive roles: The proposed amendments would require TSX-listed issuers (and other non-venture issuers) that are reporting issuers in Ontario to provide disclosure regarding the following matters on an annual basis: …

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Helping Students Find Accounting

By Bill Kennedy Posted on September 12, 2013 Posted in Accounting, Career Development

Accounting isn’t a popular subject. Accountants don’t have a sexy image.  Yet accountants perform a valuable service for both corporations and individuals.  They help people navigate through mazes of government regulations.  They save people money on taxes.  They help people …

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Landing That First Job

By Bill Kennedy Posted on November 11, 2009 Posted in Career Development

Question from the editors of Forbes: Recently, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a jump in the unemployment rate to 10.2%.Some economists think we could be looking at 10.5% by early next year.  Given these grim forecasts, how do …

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When You Grow Up . . .

By Bill Kennedy Posted on May 31, 2008 Posted in Career Development

Have you ever been asked to speak to a class of high school seniors about choosing an accounting career? I did it for several years. The lawyer beat me hands down every time. His room would be brimming with kids, …

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Help a Young Career

By Bill Kennedy Posted on May 4, 2008 Posted in Career Development, Charity, Fundraising

“Here is what you should know if you want to get ahead . . . “ Did anyone ever take you aside and say those words to you? Me neither. Yet it used to happen all the time, back when …

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