10/28/2026
For months, artificial intelligence was blamed for making it harder for recent college graduates to land entry-level jobs.
Then the Federal Reserve Bank of New York introduced a different explanation. Its latest analysis suggests remote work, not AI, explains the increase in unemployment among recent college graduates.
For accounting firms already battling an aging workforce, succession concerns, and a shrinking talent pipeline, blaming remote work risks overlooking a much larger problem. The profession is not suffering from a flexibility crisis. It is confronting a development crisis.
For accounting firms already battling an aging workforce, succession concerns, and a shrinking talent pipeline, blaming remote work risks overlooking a much larger problem.