Traits to Look for When You Hire Top Accountants
There are a number of traits to look for if you need to hire top accountants. In fact, our research into performance revealed a few surprises. For example, team preference did not show up on the top 5 list of traits to look for when hiring an accountant. Surprised?
How to Identify a Quality Finance Hire
Quality hires can be assets to a team and organization. They can drive outcomes, develop into great leaders and boost team morale.
To identify a finance candidate who can help your company flourish, look for the following.
Natural Progression
As a recruiter the first thing we want to see on
3 Resume Red Flags to Avoid When Hiring Accountants
“I love to hire. Particularly when I’m busy,” said no one ever. Hiring accountants is a time-consuming process.
Each candidate’s resume needs to be perused, interviews need to be scheduled and decisions made. More irritating than a high pollen count, are resumes that are not well done. Here
How Likeability Can Lead You Astray When Hiring Accountants
A Clarity Labs Blog
When we launched Clarity Labs, a division of Clarity Recruitment dedicated to researching and determining the best hiring practices, one of the questions that kept coming up was – which traits truly determine the long-term success of a candidate in a given role?
Interestingly, while qualities such
How to Identify the Hardest Working Accountants
A Clarity Labs blog.
Whether it’s a mantra repeated by our parents, or a lesson drilled into us through our education, we believe that hard work does indeed pay off.
Recent data from our initial Clarity Labs research found that finance leaders believe the same thing and want to
Tips for Sweeping the Best Finance and Accounting Candidates Off Their Feet
The courting process for wooing the best finance and accounting candidates is a complex one.
But to ensure that the nuptials take place, and you sign your candidate of choice to the dotted line, consider following the tips listed below.
Mentoring
Top talent always wants an opportunity to grow and
Why a Resume Isn’t Your Best Tool When Hiring Accountants
There is no doubt a resume can be a fantastic vehicle for promoting a personal brand. There are, however, some challenges to using it when hiring accountants.
Resumes can both oversell and undersell a skill set, misrepresenting a candidate’s strengths, or cloaking their weaknesses.
While a resume is still
5 Reasons to Build a Finance Interview Process
Much like wandering the grocery store without a list, hiring without a carefully crafted finance interview process is inefficient and costly.
You risk missing something, being dissatisfied with the results and having to start all over again. So if you want to improve your chances of hiring well, consider following
Top Interview Tips for Accounting Jobs: Part 1
When you have to staff a vacancy, there’s no time to waste. And with the increasing complexity of hiring finance professionals, securing quality talent that is a fit for your organization can be challenging.
Regardless of whether you’re an HR professional, a member of an internal recruitment team,
2 Ways the Best Finance Recruiters Find the Best Accountants
Sometimes finding the candidate who can best help you drive value is like locating a needle in a haystack.
And yet, the best finance recruiters are consistently able to identify and land the best accountants for their clients. Here’s why.
Posture of Service
With their high level of marketplace
What to Look for on a Finance Resume
You eye the pile of resumes on your desk speculatively. They look dusty. You search your mind – how long ago was it that you last rifled through them? You know that your team needs a new addition to help them cope with their current workload, but where to start?
Not
3 Tips for Conducting a Great Accounting Job Interview
It’s that time again – time to conduct a round of interviews to hire a new member for your team. Before you jump into the process with both feet, consider implementing these three tips to improve your chances of conducting a great accounting job interview.
Conduct an Internal Assessment
Part
