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Future Shortages
In terms of future workforce needs, while 40% of employers believed that the supply of qualified
accounting candidates would be sufficient to fill expected openings over the next five to 10 years, close
to half did not feel able to offer an opinion (Figure 5). Among the 9% of Employers who felt that supply
would not keep pace with demand, and the additional 6% who believed that future shortages were
possible, fully half projected a worsening of labour market pressures (Figure 6).
Figure 5 – Sufficient Future Accounting Supply
No
9.1
Maybe
5.5
Yes
40.0
Don't
know
45.5
Figure 6 – Direction of Future Accounting
Shortages (n=8)
Worse
50.0
Better
12.5
Same
37.5
As shown in Table 4, the most acute shortages were predicted in senior financial positions.
Table 4 – Most Significant Future Accounting Shortages (n=8)
n
Controller/Manager 2
Directors of Finance 1
Senior Business Analysts 1
General CGA equivalent 1
Financial Analyst 1
Cost Management Auditors 1
Taxation Analyst 1
Clerical positions 1
Specializations
Employers were presented with five areas of accounting specialization, and asked to rate the
importance of the specializations to their sector or industry using a five‐point importance scale from 1
(not at all important) to 5 (very important). One‐fifth of respondents did not feel able to rate the
specializations (Table 5). Among those who provided importance ratings, the specialization valued most
by employers was Accounting and IT, with 60% of Employers rating this specialization more than
somewhat important (Figure 7). This was followed by Accounting and Entrepreneurship, which was
rated 4 or 5 by almost 40% of employers.
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