This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of Abilis, the nonprofit that serves Fairfield County residents with special needs through a wide range of life services programs, including recreational activities, transition and life skills support, job training, competitive …
Accountants analyze and prepare financial records for organizations and individual clients. However, in-demand accountant skills vary by specific job title. For example, Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) specialize in tax forms, balance statements, and other forms of financial documentation that their …
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For many people, the past year has been among the most difficult of their lives. But for others, including branding and marketing expert Vince Thompson, it's been the exact opposite.
“This has been the greatest year of my life,” says Thompson, the …
This past winter, we surveyed approximately 11,400 accounting professionals, asking them to tell us what it's like to work for their firms. We asked about culture, compensation, hours, training, work/life balance, diversity, and business outlook. We also asked about the …
By Patrick Thomas and Andrea Fuller
Oct. 27, 2021 5:30 am ET
A Wall Street Journal analysis of federal student loan data found 98% of programs leave students with manageable debt loads
Borrowing money to go back to graduate school …
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Connecticut is testing a belief that remote work will outlive the COVID-19 pandemic, presenting challenges and opportunities for a workforce that might lack digital skills yet benefit from telecommuting.
Read more here: https://ctmirror.org/2021/10/18/connecticut-is-prepping-the-unemployed-for-telecommuting-remotely-of-course/
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Patrick Healy says he did everything right in his job search. After being laid off as a designer early on in the pandemic, Healy, 36, tried his hand at a couple of entrepreneurial ventures before looking for a new full-time …
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Sacred Heart University will be in the spotlight for an upcoming episode of the Amazon Prime series “The College Tour.”
During the 30-minute episode, host Alex Boylan takes the viewer on a visit to the Fairfield campus. Ten current and …
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The Covid-19 pandemic and its economic fallout has made questions about our lives and work feel even more pressing: Is this my dream job? What kind of career do I want? Do I even have the right skills to succeed …
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