Accounting Sector Adds 3,300 Jobs in September

Accounting and bookkeeping services (BLS via CPA Trendlines)

Industry grows to 926,000 employees nationwide.

The scant month-to-month increase came after a stall during the summer, resuming six months of advances from January through June, according to new and preliminary seasonally-adjusted figures from the Department of Labor.

Posted on October 7, 2011

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Mr. Telberg was presented with a special citation by the National Society of Accountants for service to the profession and has served on a variety of boards and steering committees, including BKR International and the IBM Small Business Advisory Council. He is a graduate of New York University.

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