Recruiting

The Illinois CPA Society is hosting its annual conference this week featuring 44 educational sessions and four keynote presentations, including a session on the state of the CPA profession.

Practitioners' biggest worries for the rest of the year are tried and true: Talent and technology.

Deloitte Tax chair and CEO Carin Giuliante is watching closely as new rules are taking effect in both the U.S. and internationally while recruiting new talent.

Firms need to engage in a systemic overhaul of how they pull individuals toward the profession, keep them in it, and use them as advocates to bring others into the space.

The 2023 Managing Partner Elite discuss how to reverse the trend of fewer young people joining the profession.

The service may revive the extra payments it provided to employees in 2020 to coax them back to the office, according to a new report.

21-year-old student Aidan Hunt advises IRS commissioner and recommends policy and administrative changes as a member of its Advisory Council.

The unemployment rate dipped one-tenth of a point to 3.5%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.

A recent KPMG survey shows that business leaders are split over whether mass adoption of generative AI will reduce or expand headcount at their organizations.

CPA firms are resorting to strategies like hiring workers abroad, raising starting salaries, offering fully remote jobs, and hiring staff who haven't graduated college.

A recent report shows CFOs are looking to drastically cut costs, but two safe areas are staff and technology.

The annual list recognizes the 100 top workplaces in the profession.

Today's new partners will be tomorrow's leaders, just as yesterday's new partners are today's leaders.

To scale an accounting practice, you have to rethink the way you offer your services.

The report marked the slowest month of job creation since the pandemic, although the unemployment rate declined one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.6%.

Job creation surged last month, especially in consumer-facing services.

CPA firms have been recruiting more people without accounting degrees and backgrounds as a way to fill their open jobs while expanding diversity in their workforce.

With the pipeline problem on everyone's mind, here are the most important strategies and approaches firms need to take to remain competitive.

The accounting profession needs new tools and new approaches to recruiting and retention.