graduation caps in the air
As there's still a strong demand for young professionals in today's accounting landscape, students have a lot to look forward to after graduating. However, they're not without some early career jitters.
An Enactus poll of approximately 600 accounting students found that their two biggest early career fears were that they would choose the wrong job or were missing out on another opportunity (42 percent), along with making mistakes/not adapting quickly enough to their jobs (39 percent).
Young people, though, aren't the only group with concerns. An Accountemps survey of over 2,200 CFOs in the United States cited 10 all-too-common mistakes made by their entry-level staff, including:
- Consistently coming in late
- Not showing up for work at all
- Not following company policies
- Making errors in their work
- Not asking for help
- Being rude to customers
- Not paying attention to detail
- Sharing office-related information on social media
- Spending too much time on personal devices
- Not living up to claimed qualifications
Check out the Accounting Today story HERE.