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Despite a weakening national economy, the accounting profession added almost 30,000 new jobs in the fourth quarter of 2007, according to the accounting and finance staffing company Ajilon Finance (www.ajilonfinance.com). The company forecasts strong continued demand for qualified financial professionals in 2008. The South and West regions retain the most encouraging job outlooks this year.
Mike McNamara, a regional permanent placement director for Ajilon Finance, shared additional analysis about Ajilon Finance's 2008 Salary Guide. Noting that the Northeast is conspicuously unrepresented in a CNNMoney .com list of cities with the best job prospects over the next two years, McNamara said that the Northeast is still expected to experience some job growth. (The top five cities cited by CNNMoney .com were Orlando, Las Vegas,...