Recruiting

Firms continue wooing skilled prospects with steady salary bumps

A new company aims to match up accounting contractors with potential employers.

Small business employers in the U.S. added 30,000 jobs in November, according to Intuit, while the hours worked and compensation also rose.

CBIZ said it found an uptick in small business employment in November, with its CBIZ Small Business Employment Index increasing 0.82 percent after a decrease of 0.89 percent in October.

SurePayroll found month-over-month hiring fell slightly by 0.1 percent at small businesses in November while the average paycheck size remained essentially the same.

Employers added 146,000 new jobs in November, decreasing the unemployment rate by two-tenths of a percent to 7.7 percent, the lowest level in four years, despite the effects of Hurricane Sandy.

Private sector employers added 118,000 jobs from October to November, according to the latest monthly employment report from payroll giant ADP, though the hiring gains were tempered by the impact of Hurricane Sandy.

The unemployment rate for senior accountants and auditors is a relatively low 4.1 percent.

Accountants may be thought of as numbers people, but we can never forget that people aren’t numbers. As an industry it’s time for all of us to direct our focus to our young talented professionals.

Staffing company Accounting Principals has released its new 2013 salary guide, showing how much money finance and accounting professionals are earning around the country.

An estimated 2.1 million workers are in danger of losing their unemployment insurance by the end of the year without congressional action.

After a significant setback in September hiring at small businesses, the jobs situation appeared to be stabilizing in October, according to payroll figures from CBIZ.

Payroll giant ADP reported that hiring in the financial activities sector increased by 9,000 in October.

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Social networks and virtual events join college campuses as recruiting locations

Despite a challenging job market, the unemployment rate for senior accountants and auditors is a relatively low 4.1 percent, according to Robert Half Finance & Accounting.

Payroll giant ADP is partnering with Moody’s Analytics and Moody’s influential chief economist Mark Zandi on producing its monthly ADP National Employment Report.

Long-time Sage North America partner RKL eSolutions has hired new staff consisting to support its growing Sage ERP X3 business, while adding cloud-ERP and financial management NetSuite to its product listings.

Documenting the skills of its information technology workforce will allow the Internal Revenue Service to more effectively manage its human resources, according to a report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

Employers added only 114,000 jobs in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, but the job gains were enough to lower the unemployment rate three-tenths of a percentage point to 7.8 percent, the lowest level in four years.