Recruiting

Between HBO’s Silicon Valley, news of tech startups going public at premium valuations, and the allure of all-inclusive corporate campuses, the tech industry has never been hotter. For accountants, opportunities in the sector promise a mix of enjoyable work environments, significant growth prospects, and a change into something more dynamic than traditional public accounting.

Amid a slowing global economy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that the U.S. added a lackluster 142,000 jobs in September, including 5,400 in accounting and bookkeeping services, leaving the unemployment rate unchanged at 5.1 percent.

Grant Thornton has rolled out a new benefit enhancement that will allow the firm’s employees to take time off as needed to meet their individual needs instead of a predetermined set of paid time off days.

Micro-manage or let go?

Leaders of the accounting profession discuss its biggest nightmares

Discussing the different generations’ approaches to evaluation

Teamwork is a concept that is thrown around loosely in the accounting profession. We all want it and expect it, until we worry if we are billing enough hours.

The pace of new hiring for accounting and finance jobs is expected to hit its highest level this year during the fourth quarter within certain markets, according to a new report.

Leaders in the profession share their success (or lack thereof) in attaining work-life balance

Salaries for accountants are expected to increase next year by an average of 2.4 percent, according to a 2016 Salary Guide released Tuesday by the recruiting firm Accounting Principals.

Another 173,000 jobs were added by employers in August, including 3,100 in accounting and bookkeeping services, sending the unemployment rate down two-tenths of a point to 5.1 percent.

Chris Rush of ADP discusses how firms should fill the open positions on their staff, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

Andrea Parness of A Parness Company CPA explains how her practice turned into a women-only firm staffed exclusively by females, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

Average starting salaries in accounting and finance are expected to rise 4.7 percent next year, according to a new salary guide from the staffing company Robert Half.

We did a survey to find out how accounting firms are reaching this critical demographic.

Compensation and revenue at small businesses increased this summer, along with the number of hours worked, Intuit reported Tuesday, although employment fell last month.

Payroll giant Paychex detected a slight slowdown in small business employment growth last month.

Nobody knows bookkeeping anymore.

Andrea Parness, a CPA who operates her own firm in New York, discusses some of the main challenges facing practitioners, including regulatory and staffing issues, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

The strategic plan: foundation for retention and attraction