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Accounting Internships Have An Insider Track Problem

Firms want talent, students want experience, and too many qualified candidates still get stuck outside the door.

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Hannah Olsen
August 02, 2026

The accounting talent shortage has a weird bottleneck. Students want internships. Firms want interns. But the path still rewards students who already know the right professor, recruiter, or family friend.

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