Career advancement

As part of this year's Top 100 Most Influential People survey, Accounting Today asked, "If you were a young person starting your career today, would you pursue the same career? Why or why not?"

Do you want to accelerate through your career, be constantly challenged, have lots of mobility, and be paid higher? If so, good for you. Just know you'll probably have to work longer hours.

The more you prepare, the greater your chances of impressing your interviewers and getting a job offer.

If you're thinking of leaving public accounting for a job in the private sector, it's important not to lump all public accounting firms together.

Female employees are seen as having less ability but more potential, according to a new accounting study.

Some accounting firms were already facing the mass exodus of retiring baby boomers.

The lack of proper representation of Black people in accounting made it much more difficult to attain what two CPAs recently accomplished.

At any stage in their career, members of the profession should be asking themselves this handful of questions.

The skill sets and work that take firms and career to a certain level often aren't what will take them to the next level.

A financial certification provides external validation of eligibility and competence.

From Women’s History Month to International Women’s Day, March offers a time to celebrate and honor powerful women, including women in the accounting profession.

The Philadelphia firm announced that its leadership will consist of all women and non-founding shareholders for the first time in its 31-year history.

A new era of the workplace is here, and what futurists and experts have spoken about for many years has become our new reality.

The type of work and how it is done certainly have changed, but not the expectations for performance and how it’s evaluated.

How does your firm facilitate personal and professional growth?

Employees who work outside regular hours on their own business can bring valuable experience to a firm.

Meet this year's 10 best workplaces to start a career.

Here’s why self-taught (batteries included) professionals are rising to the top.

When it comes to building their careers, young accountants face the paradox of choice.