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Accounting News Roundup: Is Your Résumé Wearing Sweatpants?; Here Come the Apple Watch Accounting Apps; Someone’s Fed Up | 04.28.15

Women surpass men in ICAEW exams for first time [Accountancy Age]
They kinda undersold the domination in the headline: "Every top-performing student in the latest ICAEW chartered accountancy exams was a woman, for the first time in the institute's history. In November, over three quarters (77%) of top-scorers in ICAEW's Advanced Level results were women. This time, 100% were female and will win prizes, the institute said."

The Best and Worst Fonts to Use on Your Résumé [Bloomberg, Earlier]
Who knew that "[u]sing Times New Roman is the typeface equivalent of wearing sweatpants to an interview."

Forget about automatic pay rises, retiring EY boss Rick Dennis tells partners [AFR]
This story comes from Down Under so I'm sure the firms here will keep you in suspense as long as they can.  

Receipt Bank Launches Apple Watch Bookkeeping App [AWEB]
Get excited.

Florida Man Jailed On IRS Bomb Threat Charge [AP]
He claimed his name was "Squirrel."

I'm so goddamned fed up with being professional services. [r/accounting]
If you could use a good rant today.

Texas A&M Galveston Professor Hits ‘Breaking Point,’ Fails Entire Class [CBS]
Professor Irwin Horwitz's Strategic Management students fell far short of expecations.

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