How to Attract Accountants with Your Corporate Culture
In a recent blog we discussed what millennials want in an accounting job. Many of the factors that would attract a millennial workforce had to do with a company’s culture. So how does an organization create a strong company culture that attracts, lands and retains the right people? Here
What Millennials Want from an Accounting Job
As baby boomers retire and millennials replace them, an understanding of what the millennial generation wants in an accounting job is integral to attracting, landing and keeping quality talent. And here’s the thing, if two firms are offering essentially the same financial compensation and benefits, a millennial accountant’s
The 5 Most Costly Hiring Mistakes
Hiring is hard, time-consuming, and nobody teaches you how to do it! Here are the 5 most costly hiring mistakes, and how to avoid them.
How to Write Killer Finance Job Descriptions
You gaze pensively at your new hire. They are currently demonstrating the art of balancing a pencil on their nose to a somewhat appreciative audience. You ponder where your hiring process went wrong. The issue, you muse, seems to be your finance job descriptions. They just aren’t capturing the
Why Your Company (and Your Finance Team) May Need Bruce Willis
There is little doubt that Hans Gruber and his band of merry men underestimated off- duty police officer John McClane in Hollywood’s action film classic Die Hard. After all, this is Bruce Willis at his finest. And when Hollywood, in its infinite wisdom, offered us 14 more sequels (might have
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 Make the Leap from Accountant to Financial Analyst
In football, players are often asked to take on a new role for the good of the team. Defensive backs become, gasp, full backs and in the odd case, a college quarterback becomes a receiver. Those who can adapt, succeed, while those who can’t flounder at the wayside. For
Attention Agency Recruiters: What the Corporate World Needs You to Know
In the classic work of non-fiction “A Walk in the Woods,” the author, Bill Bryson, decides to hike the Appalachian Trail – all 3,500 km of it (no we’re not kidding – the whole thing). He takes his friend, Stephen Katz, with him. Their obvious lack of physical and emotional preparation leads
Peaking in Your Accounting Interview
Great athletes plan their peak to coincide with a major competition. It takes discipline, focus and a whole lot of advance preparation. And while you’re not going to increase your protein intake, or run three sets of stairs to get ready for your accounting interview, there are strategies you
CHOOSING VS REJECTING
What if simply changing one phrase in your hiring process could dramatically improve the results? What is that phrase and how could it be so powerful? To learn how even the most objective procedures can be skewed by framing watch this video…
What Not to Say in a Finance Interview
You’re all dressed up in your best clothes. You enter the interview room, offer a firm handshake and your best professional smile. You are, in other words, off to a fantastic start in your finance interview.
There’s only one problem. You haven’t done a lot of company
When is Hiring 2 Accountants for the Price of 1 a Good Idea?
Who doesn’t love a deal, especially when it’s two for the price of one? Ok, maybe we really didn’t need two alpaca blankets in deep purple, but really – it’s a deal and who can resist a bargain?
So this raises an interesting question – is there ever a time when it