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Two employees from Anderson ZurMuehlen & Co. PC, a multi-office firm based in Helena, Mont., with 240 employees. Generation X senior software engineer Luke Muszkiewicz, born in 1978, and Baby Boomer shareholder Kevin Kelley, born in 1949, shared their views on the following question: "How important is employee coaching to the success of the firm?"

Future firm leaders need a mix of personal guidance and outside support to keep them on track.

When its younger staff speak, Houston-based accounting firm MaloneBailey listens -- and acts

Congressional Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee have introduced a pair of bills to extend the production tax credit for wind energy manufacturers through the end of 2013 and provide a 10 percent income tax credit for employer payroll increases this year.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to do a better job of estimating its staffing needs for implementing the Affordable Care Act, according to a new government report.

Hiring and spending levels at small businesses remained depressed in May, as did plans to do more in the near future, according to a new survey.

Business executives who are also CPAs are adopting a more guarded viewpoint about the 12-month outlook for the U.S. economy than they were last quarter, according to a new survey by the American Institute of CPAs.

Only 3 percent of CFOs plan to add accounting and finance employees in the third quarter, according to a new survey by staffing company Robert Half International.

SurePayroll found that both hiring and paycheck size declined slightly in May by 0.1 percent.

While the average reported salary of management accountants declined slightly last year, their average total compensation with bonuses increased, according to a new salary survey from the Institute of Management Accountants.

CBIZ has recently started a new CBIZ Human Capitalizing blog to help clients better manage their employees and their own businesses.

Private sector employers added 133,000 jobs from April to May on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to payroll giant ADP, in the latest sign of tepid employment growth.

Top 100 Firm Postlethwaite & Netterville's Melissa Peroyea receives Health Care Leadership Award

Finance and accounting staffing firm Accounting Principals has developed a list of the entry-level finance and accounting positions that are most in demand.

The National Association of Black Accountants plans to hold its first virtual career expo in conjunction with its national convention.

Private equity firms are helping with employment growth, according to a new survey by accounting firm McGladrey LLP.

A slight majority of 53 percent of senior finance executives plan to increase headcount over the next 12 months, with a focus on acquiring specialized skills and expertise, according to a new survey.

The CBIZ Small Business Employment Index, a barometer for hiring trends among companies with 300 or fewer employees, increased by 0.05 percent during April, following an increase of 1.66 percent in March.

Private companies are too nervous about the future to increase their hiring, according to a new survey of accountants, bankers and other financial professionals who work closely with these firms by financial information company Sageworks Inc.

A disappointing total of 115,000 jobs were added to nonfarm payrolls in April, decreasing the unemployment rate by one-tenth of a point to 8.1 percent, a three-year low.