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MACPA member, Amy Smith(pictured at right with AICPA Chair Ernie Almonte) was selected as 1 of 25 Young CPAs across the U.S. to attend the AICPA's first-ever Leadership Academy and has agreed to blog about her experiences there...

School of Self, originally uploaded by gumption. That is the question raised (and answered) in this great post titled, What is Your Ideal Life Curriculum, from James BonTempo with an international health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University...

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Why should you work extra hard to complete the requirements to be a CPA? Just last week, I returned from a Maryland State Boardof Accountancy meeting where it was reported that applications for the CPA Exam and reinstatement of CPA Licenses were at record levels...

That's the title of a very cool book by Tim Sanders. A book about networking and creating value for others, kinda a pay it forward approach to business...

Remember when you were a prospective intern, interviewing for your first position? It wasn't all that long ago,and I bet you'd be a wiz at interviewing intern prospects for your own organization. Some of you may even be doing it now...

Heather Huhman writes the careers column for the Examiner and here are two posts to help you find a job (and avoid bad ones) in this recession...

First, the good news, Forbes recently had an article on the Top 10 Recession Proof Careers (picture from BW article) and Accounting was 3rd (Accounting Managers) and 4th (Accounting Staff)....

Let's play Financial Crisis Cause and Effect. Ready? Economic turmoil leads to corporate cutbacks. Corporate cutbacks lead to higher unemployment. Higher unemployment leaves more people searching for work. Any idea what comes next...