How to Show You’re Ready to Become A Finance Manager
Where do you see yourself in 3 or 5 years? If part of your career planning involves moving up in the ranks to Finance Manager, then there are certain attributes you need to develop and display. Here are 5 tips for showing that you’re ready to lead.
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Why One CPA, CMA Made the Leap to Finance Recruiting
This blog is an expanded version of a LinkedIn thought piece that Clarity Recruitment’s Melanie Directo, CPA, CMA published.
As a CPA, CMA working in the recruiting industry, I am often sitting across the table from a perplexed face asking me, “Why are you doing this now?” It’s
How Big Data Is Changing the Finance and Accounting Landscape
If your iPhone perplexes you sometimes, then get ready. Increasingly, accountants need to be tech savvy to do their jobs well. In fact, the big data phenomenon is fundamentally changing the finance function. Here’s how big data is modifying expectations for accounting and finance professionals everywhere.
Change #1: Connecting IT
Why You Need To Be a CPA
If you’re already juggling your career and personal life, the additional demands of getting designated may be as appealing as a room full of toddlers who have had too much sugar. Realistically though, there are advantages to becoming a CPA.
Here’s why you should strongly consider getting designated.
How to Become an Accounting Thought Leader
It’s not just a buzzword. Becoming a thought leader can pay some fairly significant dividends. Not only does it differentiate you from your competition, but it positions you as an expert in your field. This translates into respect and increased compensation. Here’s how to become an accounting and
Time Management Tips for Accountants
Where did the day go? If you’re asking yourself that question on a regular basis, chances are you have a lot of balls to juggle and not as much time as you’d like. But effective time management is a critical part of being a great accountant. Here are
How to Avoid Burnout in Your Accounting Career
Burnout is more than a need for a vacation. It’s the result of ongoing stress and can produce feelings of exhaustion, detachment and depression. Before you walk away from your accounting career, however, there are a number of proactive steps you can take to avoid burning out.
Tip #1 – Take
The Big 4 Breakup – Part 2 – Am I Relevant?
Part 1 of our Big 4 Breakup series, “The Big 4 Breakup – Consider These 5 Things” created a lot of feedback when our founder Joe Diubaldo first published it as a LinkedIn thought piece. He then wrote a second thought piece in response to numerous requests for more information. Here it is, republished as
Does Not Compute – Increasing Tech Demands for Accountants
How tech savvy are you? With companies streamlining their workforce, employees are being asked to broaden their skill set in non-traditional ways. With greater efficiency being the name of the game, we’re seeing an increasing demand for tech based skills in today’s accountants.
Tech Demand #1 – SQL Coding
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Career Planning for Accountants: The 1, 3, and 5 Year Mark
Where do you want to be in 5 years? Is your current role going to allow you to achieve your objectives? Career planning is essential to getting where you want to be. It’s critical to engage in self–reflection at the 1, 3, and 5 year mark. Here are some tips:
Accountants: How to Recover After Making a Mistake
You made a mistake at work. There’s no point pretending it didn’t happen, or brushing aside the severity of it. In fact, owning the mistake is the first step in a process that offers you a good shot of emerging with both your job and professional brand intact.
7 Common Missteps That Candidates Make with Finance Recruiters
A finance recruiter can be a key resource in connecting you to your next job opportunity. He or she can offer resume and interview tips, while marketing you to his or her employer network. To ensure that you build a winning partnership with your accounting or finance recruiter avoid these 7