Accounting Was Not Right for Me, But It Could Be For You
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All About Accounting, Public or Otherwise
5 Things I Wish I Had Known Before I Became an Accountant
All the stuff I wish I’d known before I’d embarked on this wild journey Continue reading 5 Things I Wish I Had Known Before I Became an Accountant
Bean Passed the Bar! (So Let’s Talk About Failure)
I tell a story about my sister, Bean, and her success, and then I talk a lot about failure Continue reading Bean Passed the Bar! (So Let’s Talk About Failure)
Disability Employment and Public Accounting: Extended Edition
A few weeks back, I asked several coworkers, friends, and former classmates if anyone would be interested in interviewing for my project. I told them that the official project would be a 3-minute audio story. For those interested, here is the original for comparison: I collected over 4 hours of raw audio. It turns out when you ask to interview people about a niche topic … Continue reading Disability Employment and Public Accounting: Extended Edition
Disability Employment, Public Accounting, and Self-Advocacy
Putting together the final draft of this audio story was both challenging and incredibly exciting. Disability employment has been an interest (and concern) of mine for the past few years. I saw this project as an opportunity to amplify the voices of disabled people in the workforce, and their participation was vital to the success of this story. It is not easy to represent diverse … Continue reading Disability Employment, Public Accounting, and Self-Advocacy
Challenging Perceptions of Public Accounting
Picture this: you’re a freshman at community college, and you have no idea what you want to do with your future. You go to a local career fair to get an idea of your options. Given the unpredictable nature of the economy, you want to start a career in a stable field with opportunities for growth and flexibility. Health insurance is non-negotiable. All you know … Continue reading Challenging Perceptions of Public Accounting
Disability and Public Accounting
Living with a disability in the United States is hard and expensive. The National Disability Institute produced a research paper studying this inequality. Researchers determined that a household containing an adult with a disability that impacted their ability to work required about 28% more income to achieve the same standard of living than a household without a disabled individual. That amount is approximately $17,690 for … Continue reading Disability and Public Accounting
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