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Seventy Percent of Accounting Grads in Some State of “What the Hell Is Going On?” at First Job

In an Accountemps survey, 56% of accounting and finance professionals responded that, "they felt only somewhat prepared for their first job after graduation." Another 14% admitted that, "they were not at all prepared." Nothing mention about whether coding skills would've done them any good.  [AT, Earlier]

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