Survey on demand for accounting talents and evaluation of professional competence

Abstract

The fast economic development brings an urgent demand for accounting talents, which in turn results in a wave of accounting education. The over-expansion of accounting education led directly to a dramatic shrinking for accounting professionals. Are the accounting talents really beyond the demand or just below the expectation of the community? This paper made a field survey on the demand for accounting professionals and evaluation of vocational competence aiming to provide a suggestion for our tertiary education as how to educate accounting talents customized to social needs.