THE ACCOUNTING SPECIALISED STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE HARD SKILLS AND THE SOFT SKILLS IN THE ACCOUNTING FIELD

Abstract

The main objective of our research is studying the perception of the accounting specialized students regarding the necessary skills that a candidate should accomplish in order to get a job in the accounting field. Thus, it was undertaken an exploratory study, based on a descriptive transversal type research, using the polls/ questionnaire as the research methodology. In order to set a global conclusion of the questionnaire on could notice that over 50% of the questioned accounting specialized students that work in the accounting field or in a field related to accounting believe that soft skills are more important than hard skills in order to enter the work market in the accounting area. At the opposite side, the accounting specialized students that do not work or work in a field that is not connected to accounting consider the hard skills more important. In order to be performing, the accounting specialized students (the future accounting professionals) must have a strong soft skills background in order to complete the specialized acknowledgement. Combining the hard skills and the soft skills in a harmonious way, they will contribute to the long term organizational success and the accounting profession will be permanently enriched.