After writing my last post I thought more about what makes an accounting student job ready when completing their degree. And it became very clear that if they work while completing their degree they not only learn the skills required while at Uni they reinforce those skills obtained as they are using them every dayContinue reading “A Poll – Making Uni Students MORE Job Ready”
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Macquarie Uni pioneering changes to benefit accounting students
On Thursday evening I was invited to attend a welcome function for the Guest Speakers / Industry Professionals that are part of the new unit being run by Macquarie University titled ACCG315 – Accountants in The Profession. I have been asked to be one of the first batch of Industry Professionals, representing the SME spaceContinue reading “Macquarie Uni pioneering changes to benefit accounting students”
From Accountant to Business Advisor – Market your Firm in the Cloud
From Accountant to Business Advisor – Market your Firm in the Cloud. A very interesting article from the WorkflowMax blog. Quite a detailed look at how the traditional accounting firm can and should make the move to become a “firm of the future” to avoid becoming stale and out of date. It opens by challengingContinue reading “From Accountant to Business Advisor – Market your Firm in the Cloud”
Accounting industry technology trends – a collection of articles from the past month
As there are many articles being written each and every day on the disruption occurring in the accounting industry thanks to technology shifts I have decided to collate and post a select collection of them each month and provide some commentary on them. Four this past month have really focused on what is happening toContinue reading “Accounting industry technology trends – a collection of articles from the past month”
Quote of the week…
“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.” – Unknown….but a personal favourite 🙂
Quote of the week…
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new” – Albert Einstein
Xero CEO Rod Drury on small business in 2014…my thoughts
Xero CEO Rod Drury cuts to the chase and notes that you run a business to make money so that you can go on holidays and buy beach houses and basically have a great lifestyle. This echoes my comments from my piece on running a smarter business using technology to help you quite simply “makeContinue reading “Xero CEO Rod Drury on small business in 2014…my thoughts”
James Solomons 