demand drives salary increases for 2007 the top five fastest-growing employment positions for cpas, finance and accounting professionals this year (according to robert half international): — internal auditor — compliance executive — financial analyst — staff accountant — external auditor … continued
labor shortage pushes cpas to look for innovative ideas. what are you doing about it? join the study. get the answers. by rick telberg for the finance executive recruiting good workers and properly managing staff — two of the most … continued
the shy and retiring need not apply. genworth financial investment services inc. plans to hire 325 registered representatives this year, a 14% increase, according to investment news. the schaumburg, ill.-based company, a wholly owned subsidiary of richmond, va.-based genworth financial … continued
‘tis the season a lot funnier than your standard wikipedia the entry for auditor at the uncyclopedia.com (“the content-free encyclopedia that anyone can edit”)… “an auditor (auditor sapiens) is a unique mammalian species, first bred in the 1960s by crossbreeding … continued
cpas learn accounting, auditing and tax. but how do you make a living? by rick telberg on careers back in school, you probably learned what you need to know to hang out your shingle, but did they teach you to … continued
cangemi financial executives international has named michael p. cangemi, cpa, cisa, president and ceo, succeeding colleen cunningham, who announced her departure in august after three and a half years in the post. “michael is a longstanding member of fei and … continued
join the survey. get the report. with only one in 10 cpas feeling satisfied, most want a lot more than they’re getting. our new study pinpoints their buying plans. join the study; get the benchmarks. by rick telberg for the … continued
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everyone in the finance and accounting business knows how hard it is to recruit and retain good professionals. there just aren’t enough to go around.
but it doesn’t seem to be a problem for santa claus. he employs an army of elves (presumably some are cpas), working year-round for who-knows-what in wages. so why do the elves stay?
you can separate the world into two kinds of places: those who are getting by, and those in crisis or teetering on it. santa’s workshop goes in one category. most finance and accounting offices go in the other.
if santa claus has a secret, it’s this: his elves work with a sense of shared purpose. but is that enough for cpas? read more →
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by rick telberg
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if there’s anything a finance or accounting office needs more than clients, it’s professionals to handle the work. but just as we need them most, they’re hardest to find. recruitment and retention are perhaps the profession’s biggest challenge these days.
hiring help is no longer a simple matter of offering higher pay and better bennies than the firm down the street. today’s accounting professionals are looking for more. in search of whatever it is that professionals are searching for, we went looking for firms that seem to have little or no recruitment problems. we didn’t find many — just 22 out of more than 400 we checked — but we paid close attention to what those 22 had to say. read more →
‘getting away from it all’ going out of style? new york (market wire via comtex news network) — more than one-third (37 percent) of u.s. workers anticipate not using all of their time off this year, according to a new … continued
the irs first focused on high-income individuals and larger corporations, but now the service is stepping up its audits of small businesses. in 2005, audits of the roughly 5.7 million small businesses the irs recognizes to be organized as corporations … continued
instant download from seattle to scottsdale, italy to india, finance managers report on economic climate. join the study; get the instant download with 11 key indicators. by rick telberg at large corporate finance managers are tempering their generally optimistic views … continued
2006 cch young accounting professionals survey boca raton, fla. (cch news release) – with the ongoing talent war in the accounting profession, and no end in sight, accounting firms have a gap to fill as they try to attract and … continued