{"id":5587,"date":"2010-01-21t18:16:03","date_gmt":"2010-01-21t23:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=5587"},"modified":"2024-08-14t09:37:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14t13:37:36","slug":"cpa-jobs-set-for-surge-but-when","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2010\/01\/21\/cpa-jobs-set-for-surge-but-when\/","title":{"rendered":"cpa jobs set for surge. but when?"},"content":{"rendered":"

economists predict demand for accountants and auditors will explode over the next few years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by rick telberg<\/em><\/p>\n

in a report that\u2019s getting a lot of attention from savvy cpa firms and financial services headhunters, the bureau of labor statistics (bls) last month forecast a 22 percent headcount expansion from 2008 through 2018. that\u2019s 279,400 new jobs.<\/p>\n

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brendan courtney, president of the mergis group, told me that jobs are already surging for accountants in the new bailout and recovery industry. he\u2019s looking for thousands of trained, experienced finance professionals.<\/p>\n

but he also says that today\u2019s displaced job hunters will need to look first at contract work and temp jobs until employers feel it\u2019s safe to hire permanent workers again.<\/p>\n

to be sure, many tax, accounting and finance professionals are still slogging through the great recession. the association for financial professionals, for instance, reported that about one in four respondents say their organizations will contract in 2010. at the same time, a pricewaterhousecoopers survey of private companies found 43 percent of ceos and cfos still budgeting no expansion over the next 12 months to 18 months. the data just seem to reinforce economic uncertainties and a weak outlook.<\/p>\n

on the other hand, finance and accounting professionals continue to do better than average. robert half, for example, names several areas in which salaries are holding steady or rising, and starting salaries this year will beat the averages:<\/p>\n