Recruiting

PricewaterhouseCoopers’ latest Trendsetter Barometer—a quarterly survey of top executive officers at privately held U.S. businesses—has something positive in it for everyone, according to Ken Esch, the PwC Private Company Services partner who conducted the survey.

Many in the accounting profession are experiencing a human resources crisis and a corresponding shortage of future leadership. What are most firms doing about it?

Marc Rosenberg of Rosenberg Associates talks about ways to encourage growth in accounting firms and attract qualified staff, and the threats and dangers that firms confront if they become too complacent, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

The practicalities of managing increasingly mobile employees

Marc Rosenberg of Rosenberg Associates discusses how accounting firms can better recruit and retain the Millennial generation, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

Retaining qualified employees continues to be a problem for accounting firms

Marc Rosenberg of Rosenberg Associates talks with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood about training new staff members on how the firm works.

ADP found that declining energy prices, the strong dollar and winter weather contributed to slower growth in the U.S. labor market in the first quarter of the year.

Self-created obstacles to accounting firm growth

I was recently in Manhattan during lunchtime and thought I would drop in at a CPA firm I did some consulting for to see if anyone was available to have a quick lunch with me.

It is always important to understand and know who the outstanding performers are in your firm. However, a lot of times the partners are involved with things that do not put them in direct contact with many of the staff, especially lower-level staff.

The discussion of diversity continues with Citrin Cooperman's valuation services practice leader, Mandeep Trivedi and Accounting Today's managing editor, Tamika Cody. The two discuss the steps that needs to be taken in order to recruit and retain more people of color in the accounting profession.

Mandeep Trivedi, a valuation services practice leader at the Top 100 Firm, Citrin Cooperman, sat down with Accounting Today's managing editor, Tamika Cody, to discuss how she overcame obstacles as a minority in the accounting profession.

Retention of staff members is the top issue cited by Maryland CPA firms, according to a new survey by the Maryland Association of CPAs, followed by finding qualified people.

For the Internal Revenue Service to stay in business, it needs a youth bomb. More than half its employees are over 50 years old.

MarksNelson pushes its female staff to shatter the glass ceiling

Finding qualified staff requires firms to be more proactive than ever

The accounting profession is facing a period of upheaval as Baby Boomers retire and firms experience mergers and leadership shifts, according to a new report.

Finding and retaining top talent is challenging for employers across every industry, including the accounting profession.

During the last month and a half the following occurred: Tom Brady and the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl. There is this dress on Facebook and nobody can figure out the color of it. The East Coast has been pounded by snow, and the West Coast will wait another year for winter along with the rain to arrive.