Accounting students preparing for the 2007/2008 job market are keenly aware of the value of their skill sets in the market. They have prepared by combining excellent grades and internship experiences with high expectations of reward. Nearly all of them planning to complete their 150 hour requirement to sit for the CPA exam, with most of them planning to attend graduate school. The majority expect to find their future employers through the on-campus interview process. They have realistic expectations of the demands that will be placed on them in the profession they are entering.

As part of its continuing effort to increase and support minority representation in the accounting profession, KPMG LLP, the audit, tax, and advisory firm, has announced the launch of its Future Diversity Leaders (FDL) program, an initiative designed to provide leadership training and financial support for outstanding minority undergraduate business students. Each year, 50 students are chosen for the KPMG's FDL program, which was recently awarded a 2007 "Innovations in Diversity Award" by Profiles in Diversity Magazine.

Monster, the world's largest recruitment website, was left reeling this week when thousands of jobseekers were targeted in a sophisticated phishing blackmail scam. American users who had registered with the site received e-mails last week inviting them to download a Job Seeker Tool from Monster.

With the dog days of summer comes a hot-weather interpretation of "business casual" at some offices: midriff-baring tops and mini skirts on women and flip-flops and T-shirts on men.After more than a decade of business casual dress codes at most accounting firms and other companies, employers are starting to wonder how they got to this point.

CareerBuilder.com, the nation's largest online job site, and USA Today have released the results of their latest survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, tracking projected hiring trends for the third quarter of 2007. The survey, titled "Q3 2007 Job Forecast," was conducted from June 1, 2007 through June 13, 2007 of 2,417 hiring managers and human resource professionals in private sector companies.More than two-thirds (67 percent) of employers reported their companies hired new full-time, permanent employees at their locations during the first six months of 2007.

Almost a third of European accountants dreamed of becoming an entrepreneur before beginning their training, new research claims.Running their own business was the most popular pre-qualification career dream among accountants polled by recruitment specialists Careers in Audit, ahead of being a lawyer cited by 22 percent of respondents. Another 14 percent wanted to be a sports star, while 3 percent had visions of taking to the skies as a pilot.

As today’s workforce deals with an ongoing struggle to find the right work/life balance. Crowe Chizek and Company LLC is attempting to address this issue through one element of its Women Into Leadership (WIL) program. At a recent event, Crowe personnel discussed what tactics work in their lives. From this, Crowe has compiled the following 10 tips to help other people find their appropriate work/life balance.

Most managers carry general misconceptions about internship programs, but, by applying thoughtful planning and the right tools, they can realize their full potential. Z University.org (ZU), a leading advocate of workforce readiness and innovator of internship management solutions, has identified a "top five" list of myths that organizations need to eliminate to get the greatest returns from an internship program. Matthew Zinman, president of Z University.org, says that the "Top Five Myths About Internships" are fueled by managers who believe that:1.

By John StokdykWhen he recently asked in an AccountingWEB opinion article, Why aren't there more accountants in IT?, Microsoft's Tim Lennard began by suggesting there was a potential surplus of talent within the profession that could be more gainfully employed in the technology business. One of the reasons Lennard's article was so popular was that it managed to provoke reactions from both sides of the fence. Several IT industry veterans dropped into the conversation to describe their front-line experiences, while technophobes highlighted some of the reasons not to go into IT.