ACCOUNTING FOR EXPERIENCE
The top skills and experience that CFOs value most when hiring new accounting and finance graduates:
| #1: Prior work experience |
| #2: Interpersonal/soft skills |
| #3: Software skills/technology proficiency |
| #4: College performance |
How important is it for entry-level accounting and finance professionals to have work experience in the field while in college?
| 62% Very important |
| 33% Somewhat important |
| 5% Somewhat unimportant |
| 1% Not at all important |
Responses do not total 100 percent due to rounding.
Source: Accountemps survey of more than 1,100 CFOs at companies in the United States
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