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    Discover why over 300,000 professionals have abandoned external auditing as the industry faces a perfect storm of burnout, declining pay, AI threats, and a broken business model that's creating a mass career exodus.

    The Great Audit Exodus: Why 300K Fled

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    The profession simultaneously needs more human judgment than ever—because AI-driven processes require sophisticated oversight—but it's eliminating the pathways for developing that judgment.

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