Recruiting

Employees are more likely to receive recognition from CFOs at small businesses as opposed to larger businesses, a new survey suggests.

CFOs have lowered their projections for hiring and are increasingly concerned about health care reform and the fate of the Eurozone, according to a new survey.

A continued conversation with Marcum’s Nanette Lee Miller and Janis Cowhey McDonagh about the obstacles women in the accounting profession face when trying to make their way into leadership positions.

Marcum’s Nanette Lee Miller and Janis Cowhey McDonagh sat down with managing editor Tamika Cody to discuss some of the obstacles women in the accounting profession face when trying to make their way into leadership positions.

Chief financial offers have grown significantly more confident in the U.S. economy over the past year, according to the 2013 Spring CFO Survey from Grant Thornton, which found that almost half (45 percent) of respondents believe it will improve during the next six months.

ADP is enhancing its ADP Tax Credits software to help companies capture Work Opportunity Tax Credits for hiring employees.

CFOs who are hiring accounting and finance staff are looking beyond accounting skills, according to a new survey.

ConvergenceCoaching co-founder and partner Jennifer Wilson talks with Accounting Today senior editor Danielle Lee about how female accountants can position themselves better for a promotion at their firms.

ConvergenceCoaching co-founder and partner Jennifer Wilson talks with Accounting Today senior editor Danielle Lee about why women need to have the courage to speak up about their concerns about work/life issues such as child care at their firms.

The unemployment rate fell a tenth of a percentage point to 7.5 percent, the lowest rate in five years, as employers added 165,000 jobs in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Index above 15,000 points.

Bill.com has hired former Intuit customer insights leader Julie Lubetkin as vice president of its accountant channel.

Small business employment in the U.S. increased in April, according to figures from Intuit, while average compensation and the hours worked decreased.

Private sector employers added only 119,000 jobs in April, according to payroll giant ADP, indicating a slowdown in employment perhaps caused by the increase in payroll taxes and effects from the budget sequester in Washington.

Jennifer Wilson, co-founder and partner of ConvergenceCoaching, discusses with Accounting Today senior editor Danielle Lee what's holding back women from leadership roles at major accounting firms in the context of Sheryl Sandberg's book "Lean In."

Staff from PKF Texas share their perspectives on the differences between the generations

A guide to the many ways limited liability companies can share equity with employees

When you work in a professional services firm with different locations, different practice areas and different industries (not counting different deadlines and "busy seasons"), it is quite challenging to pull everyone together and focus on one vision for your firm.

For professional services firms, competitive differentiation isn't necessarily in the products and services they offer. it's in the talent -- the high-potential and high-performing individuals -- that they're able to attract, recruit and retain, which starts with building a world-class workforce that is motivated, engaged and delivering the high-quality services clients demand.

U.S. management-level accounting and finance employees work an average of 48 hours in a standard week, while non-management staff work an average of 42 hours, according to a new report.

Rebecca Ryan of Next Generation Consulting talks with Accounting Today senior editor Danielle Lee about why the way that many firms think about mentoring needs to change in today's society.