The Olivier Graduate Internet Job Index recorded a growth of 22% in graduate accounting job adds online for the month of July 2002.

The Olivier Research Department has drilled down into the data to provide more insight into where the Accounting jobs are. This has revealed that 40% of all types of accounting jobs advertised are with specialist professional accounting firms. There's been a significant migration of people working in the accounting profession to the commerce field, where they tend to work within the financial control department of a business. However, for those people looking to stay with professional accounting frims, there are fantastic opportunities, and plenty of choice.