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October 24, 2016 

Jean Rakich, MBA Director, Training, Consulting & Implementation ServicesThomson Reuters Tax & Accountinghttp://thomsonreuters.com Bachelors of Science (major Accounting) University of Toledo; MBA from Bowling Green State University Q&A: What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for women in the accounting profession?   I would advise female college students to work hard...…

October 24, 2016 

Robin Hall Intuit QuickBooks Advanced Certified ProAdvisor 1999-2016, TSheets Certified, QuickBase Certified, Revel POS CertifiedPresident and Principal Consultant, VARC Solutionswww.varcsolutions.com   Q&A: What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for women in the accounting profession? Education is the most important thing that you can do for yourself but college education...…

October 24, 2016 

Ingrid Edstrom, CQB President & CEOPolymath, LLCwww.Polymath.comBA in Biology from Gustavus Adolphus in St. Peter, MN   Q&A: What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for women in the accounting profession? This is an exciting time to become an accountant, whether you want to focus on financial management or tax,...…

October 24, 2016 

Stacy I. Kildal, ACQB President, Kildal Services LLCKildalServices.com, StacyKAcademy.com, QBOShow.com, AppasaurusRex.com​   Q&A: What would you suggest to accounting firms that are interested in retaining and advancing more qualified female staff? ​ ​I’m going to copy and paste my answer from last year, because it hasn’t changed: I would rather encourage more women to start their...…

October 24, 2016 

Joanne S. Barry, CAE CEO/Executive Director, New York State Society of CPAswww.nysscpa.orgNew School for Social Research, New York, MS … Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, New Jersey, BA.   Q&A: What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for women in the accounting profession? A new report just came out that...…

October 24, 2016 

Geni Whitehouse, CPA.CITP, CSPM Brotemarkle, Davis & Co. LLPEven a Nerd Can be HeardSolve Services (Bookkeeping and beyond) www.bdcocpa.com, www.evenanerd.com, www.solveservices.com B.S. in Business Administration, concentration in Accounting UNC, Chapel Hill, NC Q&A: What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for women in the accounting profession? Go for it!  There...…

October 24, 2016 

Dawn W Brolin, CPA, MSA President, Powerful Accounting, LLCwww.powerfulaccounting.comMasters of Science in Accounting   Q&A: What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for women in the accounting profession? The doors are wide open for women in the accounting profession. I would encourage them to get their education completed and certifications...…

October 24, 2016 

Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk President, bbr marketingwww.bbrmarketing.comMBA with marketing concentration from Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA; BA in journalism, public relations and French from Troy University (Troy, AL)   Q&A: What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for women in the accounting profession? Opportunities for women in the accounting profession are...…

October 24, 2016 

Susan Coffey, CPA, CGMA Executive Vice President – Public PracticeAmerican Institute of Certified Public Accountantswww.aicpa.org   Q&A: What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for women in the accounting profession? There has never been a better time to be female in our profession.  The opportunities are endless, whether you want...…

October 24, 2016 

Michelle L. Long, CPA Owner, Long for Success, LLChttp://longforsuccess.com   Q&A: What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for women in the accounting profession? With so many opportunities available, the challenge is finding what you enjoy and your passion. Focus on doing what you enjoy and find interesting. What would...…

October 24, 2016 

When this report looks deeper into segments of the labor force, overall job holders’ wages grew by 4.3 percent and job switchers’ grew slightly less by 3.6 percent year over year for the third quarter. Wage growth rate slowed slightly for job switchers,

October 24, 2016 

When accounting and bookkeeping firm Dewar Meeks + Ekrem decided it was ready to upgrade its tax and accounting software, the choice was an easy one. “Our server was in a server farm where we maintained all of our software ourselves – the CCH ...