The Accountant Shortage Crisis!

In today's episode, we'll explore a pressing issue that's impacting businesses of all sizes-the shortage of skilled accountants. More specifically, we'll focus on how this shortage is hitting small businesses even harder and how a solution like outsourced finance departments, such as Accountable Numbers, can help alleviate the problem.

[@vrsinghe]

You have a very aesthetically pleasing voice

[@AccountableNumbers]

Thank you for listening!

[@bebdaumon3948]

This isn't true... I got 2 degrees.. in accounting and finance. Most places want people that have 5 to 10 years of work experience and internships are hard to get. They grab the ones with 4.0 gpa and 5.0 gpa which are mostly asians.

[@AccountableNumbers]

Thanks for listening! Actually, it is true. There was an 18% drop in accounting degrees over the last 6 years, leading to a smaller pool of candidates for businesses to hire. Take a listen here: th-cam.com/video/E_4YoQYqSf8/w-d-xo.html

[@mathematicaleconomist4943]

I don't believe it! As a skilled black man (and certified accountant), I could not land a job to save my life. I REFUSE to apply even when they say there's a so called shortage. It will just be more of the same...

[@hakeem0341]

How much they pay for an accountant

[@mathematicaleconomist4943]

​@@hakeem0341It varies. Maybe $70,000 with reasonable qualifications?

[@bebdaumon3948]

you're a cpa? Yet, you cannot get a job? If you're a black man you can contact NCCA and get them to sue the big 4 accounting firms. They have to give you a chance by law. There's mostly white people and Asian people working for the big 4 .

[@AccountableNumbers]

Haha, I know it can feel hard to believe, but it is true! There was an 18% drop in accounting degrees over the last 6 years, leading to a smaller pool of candidates for businesses to hire. Take a listen here: th-cam.com/video/E_4YoQYqSf8/w-d-xo.html

[@mathematicaleconomist4943]

@@AccountableNumbers I am an ex-Certified Management Accountant. But please bear-in-mind that I am also a black man!
So, are you telling me that if I apply to enough big accounting firms, there is so much backlog that I would almost certainly get hired?
They can't afford to be stupid about it - especially when I am actually qualified. Is that what you are saying?