This page and the associated resources are a starting point for exploring Accounting careers and developing the skills commonly needed for roles within the field.
Hear from current Lundquist College of Business students and recent alumni about their internship experiences. Learn about the types of internships available, how to get them, how to make the most of them, and what they lead to.
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Keith DussellAssociate Director, Industry Engagement
The Portland Internship Experience connects undergraduate UO students with a select group of Portland-based small businesses, nonprofits, and community and educational organizations. Students will receive a $5,000 philanthropically funded stipend from the UO, which will support their participation in an …
Emerging Leaders (EL) is dedicated to improving racial and cultural diversity at the leadership level in Portland-area companies by providing pathways to leadership for traditional and non-traditional students of color and aspiring professionals.
Fall Term may be over, but that doesn’t mean that all is quiet on the Accounting Recruiting front! Depending on your academic year and current goals, Winter Term is another active recruiting term. This term, Public Accounting firms will be:
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Occupation Description
Employment Trends
Top Employers
Education Levels
Annual Earnings
Technical Skills
Core Competencies
Job Titles
Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.
Microsoft Modern Work Consultant Internship (Summer 2024 - MN, MT, NE, ND, SD)Eide Bailly LLP
Audit Intern - Winter 2025 - San JoseGrant Thornton
