Recruiting

The Institute of Management Accountants is hoping to prepare more accounting students for careers in industry.

Jobs at small businesses increased last month, with Washington State leading the way along with the Mountain region of the country, according to payroll provider Paychex and the research firm IHS.

Private sector employers added 220,000 jobs in April, in a sign of a more robust economy taking shape, according to the latest employment report from payroll giant ADP.

I interviewed professionals in charge of human resources at reputable accounting firms to find out how they successfully manage and motivate accounting professionals. I’m confident that if you read on, you’ll learn a thing or two.

Deloitte vice chairman and chief inclusion officer Deb DeHaas discusses the firm's efforts to expand its hiring of military veterans, in an interview with AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn.

Early on in my career, I was assigned to work with a manager on a half dozen monthly clients.

As a tax preparation business owner for more than 30 years, Chuck McCabe considers his success due in part to being proactive in structuring his business policies and procedures.

Accounting firms love to talk about work-life balance. Leaders of accounting firms are consistently pitching their firm as the leader in work-life balance.

Deloitte vice chairman and chief inclusion officer Deb DeHaas discusses the firm's efforts at recruiting a more diverse workforce, in an interview with AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn.

It takes about four weeks, on average, for CFOs to fill an open staff-level positions in accounting and finance, according to a new survey.

Transition Advisors president Joel Sinkin talks about what firms should do after a merger to retain their clients and staff members, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood.

Private sector employment increased by 191,000 jobs in March, according to payroll giant ADP, as companies ramped up their hiring as the weather improved.

Firms are taking new approaches to new partners

As the NBA season enters its critical stretch of the remainder of the regular season and tax season winds down, the natural question to ask is this: would LeBron James be as great a CPA as he is a basketball player?

The representation of women within the leadership of public accounting firms is too low, according to Jeanette Franzel, a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

Almost everyone uses Facebook to connect with friends and family. And YouTube is the place for sharing and watching videos. Great for fun, but not for real work. Have you ever considered bringing people together “socially” like YouTube or Facebook—but for getting work done, instead of avoiding it?

Deloitte held its board meeting in New York this past week and also took time to meet with some members of the press to discuss its diversity and recruiting efforts.

U.S. CFOs’ confidence in the U.S. economy increased more than 10 percent in the first quarter of the year, reaching a two-year high, according to a new survey by Financial Executives International and Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business.

The Private Companies Practice Section of the American Institute of CPAs recently issued its annual Top Issues Diagnostic Report. For the fifth consecutive year, owner/partner accountability and unity has been cited among the top two issues for CPA firms comprising more than 21 professionals.

Organizations will be facing problems finding the right employees and leadership in the years ahead, according to a new report from Deloitte.