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Accounting Degrees Up 19 Percent More than 64,000 students graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting in the 2006-07 school year, which is a 19 percent increase since the 2003-04 school year, when the AICPA last surveyed this data.
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Accounting & Finance Careers Newsletter
| Paid Internships Pay Well ... Hiring Managers Turn to Online Networking Sites ... Grade Entitlement ... 50 Students Get CPA Exam Scholarships ... and more |

Paid Internships Pay Well
| College students who participate in paid internships may well find the hourly salary attractive, according to results of a new survey. |

Future of Workplace Focus of Accountants Conference
| Although it's difficult to predict the future, Microsoft executive Daniel Rasmus does his best to envision how the workplace is going to evolve. |

Social Networking Applications Can Pose Security Risks
| People often think Facebook profiles and sometimes MySpace pages, if they're set as private, are only available to friends or specific groups, such as a university, workplace, or even a city. But that's not true if they use applications. |

Deloitte: Volunteerism Leads to Tangible Gains
| Skills-based volunteerism is a powerful and cost-effective professional development tool, yet very few companies are leveraging volunteer programs for this purpose, according to a survey by Deloitte. |

Teens Rely On Classroom Education Over On-the-Job Training
| Achieving self-awareness of one's noble purpose and vocational calling is a right of passage that, increasingly, teens look to their schools to help them develop. |

Grade Entitlement
| Unfortunately, the value of grades as an indicator of competency has declined over time. Students feel that they should get good grades for nothing; teachers capitulate so they can spend time on their research; and administrators add pressure to pass unqualified students to avoid confrontations and lawsuits. |

Accounting Today Names Top 100 Firms
| Accounting Today announced the release and online availability of its 2008 Top 100 Firms report. |

The Benefit of Taking Calculated Risks
| As you embark upon a career in the finance arena, be sure to exercise creative thinking when approaching any assignment or project. |

Making the Most of the Recruiter Relationship
| Whether you're looking for a new position or just starting a career in accounting, you may want to consider working with a recruiter. Recruiters can enhance your job search by broadening your network, providing job leads you would not otherwise hear about and offering background on prospective employers. |

Searching for Greener Pastures
| Job seekers don't mind setting their sights on greener pastures even while on their current employers' payrolls, according to executives interviewed recently. Three-quarters of respondents said they would be comfortable looking for a new job while still working. |

E&Y Targets Gen Y With New Job Search Site
| As part of Ernst & Young LLP's focus to recruit a broad talent base of 10,000 employees this year, the firm has launched EY Insight, a careers Web site that provides personalized tools for prospective employees. |

Confidence Key to Standing Out in the Workplace
| In the business world, how important is a good dose of confidence? The short answer is "very," if you're someone who wants to get ahead. |

From Crib to Cubicle, a Familiar Voice Reassures
| When a voice rises from a nearby cubicle, a better question than "You talking to me?" may be "You talking to you?" |

Workforce Myths Debunked
| Some of the most pervasive beliefs about the workforce have recently been challenged by findings from a new study; among them, that workers are highly stressed, that they resent the demands of new technologies and that they dislike their bosses. |

The Benefit of Taking Calculated Risks
| As you embark upon a career in the finance arena, be sure to exercise creative thinking when approaching any assignment or project. |

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