The pension might be dying, but it’s not gone yet. Find out which employers are still offering them, in today’s extra links that we found while searching for your SmartBrief on Workforce.
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Today’s guest post is from Jeff Thomson, president of the Institute of Management Accountants.
Looking for not just a job, but a career? Tired of your profession? Want to switch to a more secure industry? Unsure of how your skills can transfer to a new position?
With a struggling economy and unstable job market, many professionals are undecided on their professional future. And many, in fact, have not had a choice. As of January 2009, Wall Street alone has shed more than 240,000 jobs; jobs which may never fully return.
But thousands of people, many of them finance function professionals once so critical to the banking and investments industries, are finding new success in one of the oldest professions around — accounting.
In particular, jobseekers are looking for positions in management accounting. These accounting jobs are inside organizations, in which professionals monitor, interpret and communicate operating results, evaluate business performance, implement and oversee internal control operations and make strategic decisions about an organization’s direction. (read more…)
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