Recruiting

The word passion comes up frequently in the context of business strategy for accounting and advisory firms.

Small business employment growth dipped for the third month in a row, according to the payroll service provider Paychex.

With Thanksgiving approaching, we’re reminded of the goodness of giving to help the less fortunate by food banks, clothes for the needy, and many other worthy charitable organizations.

The Best Firms to Work For devote a surprising amount of time to fun.

It’s the milestone you’ve worked toward for your entire career—promotion to partnership. After the announcement’s been made, you revel in the excitement and recognition of what you’ve achieved.

Wellness programs and other ways of encouraging healthy behavior are becoming de rigeur among the Best Firms to Work For.

Firms that are strapped for staff may want to bear in mind the changing demographics of the U.S., and start looking for employees in talent pools they haven’t tapped before.

NASBA president and CEO Ken Bishop explains in this video what sparked his efforts to foster more diversity on state accounting boards.

NASBA president and CEO Ken Bishop discusses in this video about what it is doing to encourage more diversity in the accounting profession and how it is partnering with other organizations and educational institutions.

One of the major differences between the firms that made this year’s Best Firms to Work For list and those that didn’t was transparency.

NASBA chair Donny Burkett talks in this video about how he became aware of racial discrimination while growing up in the South.

NASBA chair Donny Burkett discusses in this video what CPAs can do to increase diversity in the accounting profession.

Competition to be a Best Firm to Work For is fierce, and requires constant effort and a never-ending stream of initiatives in a wide variety of areas – which means that you should grab at any opportunity to multi-task.

This past April, I stepped onstage to deliver the keynote address to one of my firm’s largest client conferences for tax. I addressed a group of 1,200 or more professionals almost evenly balanced between men and women. In fact, in EY’s own tax practice, women represent 52 percent of the professionals.

One of the biggest trends sweeping through the 2016 Best Firms to Work For is the creation of individual firm universities.

Your staff will spend eight, ten, 12 or more hours a day in your office, so you want to make sure it’s a place they want to be.