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Career opportunities is the No. 1 criteria for today’s accounting students when choosing an employer, according to a survey by KPMG.

Career opportunities is the No. 1 criteria for today's accounting students when choosing an employer, according to a survey by KPMG.

Looking to get younger accountants through your doors? Try hosting a speed-dating event along with cocktails.

Looking to get younger accountants through your doors?

Thanks to the Uniform Accountancy Act, beginning in 2010 in New York and 2012 in Pennsylvania, undergraduate accounting students will be required to complete 150 hours of related course work before sitting for the CPA exam.

Thanks to the Uniform Accountancy Act, beginning in 2010 in New York and 2012 in Pennsylvania, undergraduate accounting students will be required to complete 150 hours of related course work before sitting for the CPA exam. In fact, legislation has made this effective in most states.

When his grandmother died, a teenage son emailed his dad to say he was sorry for his loss.

When Peter Sheahan took the stage at CCH's user conference this fall, he knew many of the Boomer accountants in the audience were going to flat-out hate him.Fresh out of high school in 1998, Sheehan started working for what was then Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC) in his home country of Australia.

Young employees will take a marshmallow today vs. a package of marshmallows tomorrow.

Young employees will take a marshmallow today vs. a package of marshmallows tomorrow.