Making Money Counting Beans

http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/11/pf/college/starting_salaries/index.htm?postversion=2007071218

As the accounting profession evolves in response to the ever increasing level of business and transactional complications and level and quality of paperwork required to meet regulatory standards both by the profession itself and governmental bodies, it is no surprise that the value of "bean counters" has become more widely appreciated and. as a result, graduating salaries increased.