Once again - Accountants are cool!

From a story in the Seattle Times:


The bean counters have arrived. After years of operating under the shadow of the legal and investment-banking industries, the plain-vanilla world of accounting suddenly has more sex appeal.

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As the industry basks in its newfound glory, auditors and accountants are in short supply nationwide. It takes longer to find and hire them, and salaries in a number of specialties have moved up briskly.

"The business is out there. The bigger issue is finding good people. We're always looking for qualified people," said Richard Preston, a managing partner and a certified public accountant at a Miami Beach CPA firm.