Good evening Beautiful People! I’m in need of some advice. I currently have my MBA in Accounting but just feel like I have more skills that aren’t being used and I am considering a career change. I also don’t think I have had the right opportunity to truly gain the Accounting exposure I need to advance at this point in my career. What other industry/ field can I get into and earn more money?

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I would suggest trying to go to a bigger firm before you quit accounting. I felt the same way at CLA and had to leave in order feel good about my career. Although it’s a big firm on paper, it still operates like a collection of small individual firms. All of their service lines outside of audit/tax/CAST are pretty small too, so it’s hard to completely transition to something new internally.

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