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Surprise! Accounting is the Hot New Major
Boy, have times changed! Thanks to recent accounting scandals by companies like Enron, there is a high demand for accountants and auditors.
According to the Job Outlook 2005 survey, accounting comes out on top as the most in-demand major on college campuses. Forget dot com start ups. Cleaning up a companyÂ's accounting books is whatÂ's in.
But can accounting be sexy?
Â"All the focus on accounting created a perception to students that accounting matters and is perhaps even sexy,Â" says Ira Solomon, head of the department of accountancy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Colleges are scrambling to find more accounti...
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