Recruiting

While accounting leaders were shepherding their firms through a global health and economic crisis this year, their employees were watching closely.

The accounting profession’s efforts to date haven’t yielded as much as many hoped, but that doesn’t mean accountants can give up.

The private sector gained 428,000 jobs in August, especially within large companies, according to payroll giant ADP, a tentative sign of a continuing economic recovery despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

The profession should use its high levels of partner compensation to help counter its high levels of turnover.

The hiring of accounting graduates by CPA firms has declined nearly 30 percent in recent years, and Illinois CPA Society president and CEO Todd Shapiro hopes to reverse that trend.

As if marketing an accounting firm wasn’t challenging enough, throw in COVID-19 along with political, social and economic upheaval, and you’ve got a challenge for the ages.

Financial execs take wait and see approach amid coronavirus uncertainty

The economy showed signs of recovery despite the spread of the coronavirus across many parts of the country.

Maxwell Locke & Ritter is pursuing the same staffing strategy — and the same values — through the pandemic.

The co-founder of recruitment platform Accountingfly will now head the North American accounting and business consulting provider.