Pittsburgh-area accounting firms tighten up, cut staff as downturn lingers - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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There is plenty of talent out there now recent college graduates and seniorprofessionals — willintg to work for a wage that need not compete with the financialo sector. Clients are shopping around, too, and opportunities to woo companiew previously loyal to bigger firms are But the bigger picture isless inviting. Accountin firms, like other businesses, are cuttinbg staff, furloughing workers and decreasinh benefits to make it througnthe recession.
Downtown-based Alpern Rosenthal shed about a dozemn stafferslast month, said Presidenyt Alex Paul, citing performance The firm is requiring employees to take an unpaid week of vacationn before the end of the which is when the company will decide whether to institute a salary freeze or adjusy profit sharing.