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What do this year’s graduates think about the future? You’d be surprised.

As we continue to be immersed in an economic downturn, business leaders are struggling with concerns about talent recruitment and retention, motivating employees with dwindling resources, and bolstering productivity and innovation.

When your firm interviews a young candidate today, does it seem like the prospect is asking more questions and outlining more expectations than the person conducting the interview?

“I never thought that being a minority was an obstacle in becoming a CPA,” said George Willie CPA, MBA and managing partner of Bert Smith & Co. in Washington D.C. “I believe if one continually strives to be technically good, there can be no obstacle in the pursuit of one’s profession.”

So far, just a few universities have been educating students in IFRS, which poses a potential problem – if colleges and universities don’t modify their curriculum it could impair the value of these students when they reach the job market, according to “Bridging the GAAP:

Is the term “Young Professionals” just another buzzworthy catchphrase? One twenty-something blogger asks this question and addresses whether it’s valuable for those in the same age bracket to network together at all.

How virtual can accountants actually become?

Some accounting grads may leave school knowing they want to be accountants, but there is a growing percentage that aspires to leadership positions, using accounting as a platform for other roles.

Even if jobs are available to recent accounting grads, just holding a diploma might not be enough.

A recent survey reveals something most of us probably already know – using social networking sites at work drum up privacy and ethics issues and that many organizations don’t have it figured out yet.