How to Leave a Voicemail to Land a Finance Interview
You shake your head in dismay. You just left a disjointed, long-winded voicemail for a hiring manager. Instead of being brief and focused, your voicemail meandered on for far too long. You’re not sure, but you may have muttered something about your cat. It was that painful. But never
The Best LinkedIn Tips for Active Finance and Accounting Job Seekers
LinkedIn is a powerful tool for connecting active finance and accounting job seekers with prospective employers. Done correctly, your LinkedIn profile can be a powerful calling card. Here are the 5 best LinkedIn tips to help you get noticed by recruiters and internal placement teams.
1. Get Optimized – Keywords and Groups
Find out which words
Proper Candidate Screening: Finding the Needle in the Haystack
You post a job and are inundated with resumes. The next step is critical. You need to identify the gems – the candidates who can add value to your organization. This makes proper candidate screening integral to the success of your hiring process. Here are 6 things to look for when
How to Make Better Finance and Accounting Hires
Bad finance hires can be costly – both to the bottom line and team culture. But there are ways to land finance and accounting talent who are a better fit for your organization. Here are 5 tips for making your hiring process more effective.
Tip 1: Clearly Define the Role
To maximize hiring
Tips from Accounting Recruiters: Landing Your First Accounting Job
Entering the workforce for the first time can be challenging. Not only are you transitioning out of a university environment, you’re trying to land your first job. As finance and accounting recruiters in the GTA, we’ve noted that certain behaviours and personality traits among new graduates predispose them
Why New Accounting Hires Fail
It can be tempting to blame your new accounting hires for their lack of success. The reality, however, is that there is plenty of blame to go around. Whether it’s a poor hiring decision to begin with, a lack of management support and on boarding, or the new hire’
Tips for Recruiting a Millennial Workforce
The baby boomer brain drain, a product of retirement, not emigration, is a reality. With baby boomers comprising 31% of the workforce and holding 56% of the corporate leadership positions, companies who are actively recruiting and retaining a millennial workforce will be the ones in the best position to succeed1. To see
Two Accounting Job Offers? How to Pick the Right One
Choosing Between Two Accounting Job Offers
You’ve always been an overachiever, but landing more than one accounting job offer is exceptional even for you. The question is – which offer do you take? Both seem to have their pros and cons, and you feel torn between the two. Here’s
On the Dot with Dorothy Wolentarski – When Marketing Meets Talent Acquisition in Toronto
Dorothy Wolentarski has worked in both agency and corporate recruiting for some of the biggest brands in the GTA. This experience, coupled with a straight shooting personality, has made Dorothy a sounding board for our ideas and strategies.
Most recently, we met with Dorothy. We felt that one of the
How to Know If an Accounting Interview Went Well
You just finished your accounting interview and although you think it went well, you wonder if the person on the other side of the table felt the same. There are, however, a number of signs that your accounting interview was successful. Here’s how to know that you could be
Myth Busting About Accounting and Finance Recruiters
There are a number of myths out there about accounting and finance recruiters. It’s to your advantage, however, to understand how the recruiting business really operates. Your accounting and finance recruiter is a resource, and knowing how to leverage that resource while managing expectations can pay dividends down the
How to Change Industries as a Toronto Accountant
If you’re a Toronto accountant with extensive experience in one field who wants to change industries, you may find some reluctance on the part of employers to buy-in. Most employers want accountants who have industry-specific experience. To them, it reduces ramp up time and ensures that you already understand