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As fall is my firm’s recruiting season I asked some HR professionals, "What are some fashion do's and don'ts for entry level/college grads during the interview process?"

The merchant card reporting program, in place since January of this year, may pose some problems that were unanticipated by Congress when it was passed as part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008.

H&R Block announced Thursday it will discontinue service under its ExpressTax brand, which primarily served early filers who wanted quick refunds and currently has 269 franchise offices.

Online CPE provider CPE Link has partnered with Sage North America to offer selected Sage product training via webcast.

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While Southeast accounting firm Elliott Davis scored first in four categories of university and employer ranking Web site Vault.com’s Accounting Quality of Life Rankings for 2012, accounting firms shared the wealth in the other 11 categories.

The top factor in a failed hire, aside from performance issues, is a poor skills match, according to 36 percent of chief financial officers interviewed for a Robert Half Finance & Accounting survey.

The BKD Foundation will join the Joplin, Mo., and Tulsa, Okla., Habitat for Humanity (THFH) teams to participate in the Ten for Joplin project, aiming to erect 10 new homes for residents displaced by the devastating tornado last May.