Julie, a Recent College Graduate, Is Interested in Business and Is

Multiple Choice

Julie, a recent college graduate, is interested in business and is considering pursuing a career in accounting. Her parents are supportive, with her mother recommending that Julie become a public accountant and her father recommending that she become a private accountant. Which of the following, if true, supports the father's position?

A) Julie has said she wants to work for one of the accounting firms like Ernst & Young.
B) The demand for external auditors is expected to grow in the near future.
C) Many accountants flooded the job market when the Arthur Andersen firm went out of business.
D) Accountants for nonprofits are more concerned with efficiency than with profit.
E) Julie has said that she wants to work as an in-house accountant for a large public interest group like Sierra Club or Greenpeace.