What to Do When an Employee Resigns
Let’s face it, every manager must deal with an employee resignation at some point. Whether the news is welcome or not, there are a number of things you can do to ensure that your organization and team are left in the best possible position. Here are some strategies to
Interview Questions for a Contract Controller
A Controller must be a rare combination of top drawer communication skills and exceptional strategic analysis. They’ll need to help hire and retain your finance team, be a strong leader, and in some cases, the bridge between the vision of the organization and its execution. Here are some interview
How to Make Contract Employees Feel Like Part of the Team
You have a new contract employee joining your team. You screened them carefully and you think they’ll deliver for your organization. The next steps are important in laying the foundation for success. In order to make your new hire feel like they’re part of the team, there are
How to Avoid Burning Bridges During Your Accounting Job Search
The job search process can be exhausting. Perhaps you’ve sent out countless resumes, pored over LinkedIn company pages and attended several interviews with little success. Instead of getting frustrated, remember that you’re not just landing a job, you’re building a career. Burning a bridge, therefore, in a
Finance Hiring Tips: Don’t Ignore Cultural Fit
Part of any retention puzzle is understanding the role that company culture plays in keeping your employees in the fold. Since having to hire again is a costly endeavor, it makes sense to evaluate cultural fit before hiring any new employee. Here are some ways to tell if a candidate
Accounting Job Tips: How to Tell If a Company is a Fit
You spend upwards of 40 hours a week at your job. It’s important that the company and its culture be a fit for your career trajectory and core values. After all, if you don’t thrive in a company’s culture it can become sheer drudgery to go to work.
Hiring Mistakes: Accounting Job Postings
When you hired your most recent financial analysts you thought you were getting Sherlock Holmes. Instead, you’ve hired Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum from 21 Jump Street. Your key mistake – not writing a job posting that spoke to the right talent. To ensure that you hire well the first time,
Tips from Toronto Recruiters: Accounting Job Search Myths
Being actively engaged in a job search for your next finance or accounting role can be stressful. Couple that with a belief in certain myths about the job search process and you can wind up frustrated and disillusioned. Here are 5 accounting job search myths that can hold you back from
How to Spot High Potential Accounting Talent
You have two great candidates. One of them has more experience, while the other has more potential. The one with potential has demonstrated commitment and passion in both her professional and personal life. The candidate with more experience is applying for yet another mid-level position.
Who to choose?
It can
The Top 10 Traits of the Best Finance Candidates
There are definitely traits that differentiate the average finance candidate from the exceptional one. These attributes lead to professional success, but also advance the goals and objectives of their organizations. Here are the top 10 traits of the best finance candidates.
Tenacity
Albert Einstein once said, “It’s not that I’
Evaluating Finance Candidate Fit: Phone Screening
We know. There’s a role to fill and little time to do it. But bringing the wrong candidate in for a face-to-face interview can waste everyone’s valuable time. This is why doing an initial phone screening makes sense.
Here’s how to maximize your phone screening interview by
Resume Gaps: How to Explain a Gap in Your Finance or Accounting Resume
Resume gaps can exist for a variety of reasons – travel, caring for an elderly parent or raising children. Certainly, the economic downturn of 2008-2009 meant that it was not unusual to see employment gaps on a candidate’s resume. But are resume gaps the death knell for a candidate’s