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.

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

The positive figures included 13,200 jobs in accounting, and raised hopes for a faster economic recovery despite the coronavirus pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing corporate tax departments to reconsider their top priorities for this year, according to a new survey.

Firms need to take the long view in pursuing their D&I ‘North Star.’

Financial executives are taking a two-phase approach to managing coronavirus issues that face their companies, according to a new survey.

The financial planning or wealth management business is still evolving into a profession that can be broadly respected and somewhat consistent from practice to practice.

Diversity and inclusion are top priorities in today’s fast-paced and dynamic environment — especially as clients, customers, business partners and the employee pipeline include a broad spectrum of diverse characteristics.

Imagine what would happen if the entire team recognized that our differences represent an amazing kaleidoscope of strengths and more strengths.

The job gains were mainly at big companies and largely came before the outbreak of the coronavirus in the U.S.

The pace of small-business job growth accelerated for the third month in a row in February, according to payroll giant Paychex, but the rate of hourly earnings growth slipped.