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  • Why grads aren’t hot on accounting careers: Low starting pay, onerous testing

    May 12, 2023 12:45 pm by Wall Street JournalIllinois in the News
    Accounting majors in the class of 2023, the first to enter a postpandemic professional world, will find no shortage of demand for their services as the industry grapples with a scarcity of candidates. PHOTO: THOMAS WELLS/THE NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DAILY/ASSOCIATED PRESS

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    • Accounting majors in the class of 2023, the first to enter a postpandemic professional world, will find no shortage of demand for their services as the industry grapples with a scarcity of candidates. PHOTO: THOMAS WELLS/THE NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DAILY/ASSOCIATED PRESS

    The Wall Street Journal (May 12) – Michael Donohoe, the head of accounting at Illinois, blames stagnant salaries. 'Over the last eight to 10 years, starting salaries have not kept pace with these really cool emerging fields, like data science.'