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Firm Management

Successful Succession: 7 Tips for Getting There

The departure of a leader disrupts workflow, productivity and customer service. On the other hand, when you codify processes and ensure someone else has the know-how to take over a role, the firm can weather transitions more smoothly.

Payroll

How to Quit Your Job Gracefully

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Payroll

4 Tips to Overcome Hiring Challenges & Keep Your Best Staff

Should you become more flexible in the candidates you consider? Or would that be tantamount to lowering standards and settling for mediocrity? The answers are yes to the first question and no to the second.

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Payroll

4 Tips to Overcome Hiring Challenges

Recent research shows many organizations are already flexible with their hiring demands. In a Robert Half survey, 84 percent of human resources managers said they are at least somewhat open to hiring and training an employee who doesn't meet the ...

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Firm Management

How to Energize Your Tired Employees

Just about every manager has seen it around the office at various times: a symphony of yawns, stretches and unfocused gazes on employees’ faces. Some of your staff likely aren’t getting enough sleep.

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Payroll

6 Tips for a Smoother Hiring Process

The resume you’ve dreamed of comes across your desk. This accountant has all the right credentials, the ideal work history and technical skills you like to see. The candidate checks all the boxes. Too good to be true? Do unicorns exist?

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Benefits

The Benefits, Perks and Incentives Workers Want Most

Accounting managers understand the persuasive power of a competitive salary when wooing top talent. But it doesn’t stop there. Benefits, perks and incentives can also be deal-makers. Highly skilled accountants and auditors want a well-rounded package ...

Firm Management

Stop Wasting Time: Do's and Don’ts of Effective Meetings

Meetings are an unavoidable yet fundamental part of life for businesses of all types, including accounting firms. In fact, they probably take up about a quarter of your workday, suggests a recent Accountemps survey.

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Firm Management

How to Better Engage Workers in 2019

It’s no surprise when even the most driven professionals find themselves switching off for a few minutes during the workday for any number of reasons, such as fatigue, frustration or a lack of clarity about an assignment. What might be a surprise, ...

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Payroll

5 Ways Poor Performers Hurt Your Accounting Firm

Almost every employee gets off their game at some point in their career. It’s not the end of the world, and the right kind of coaching often will turn around underperformers and get them back to full productivity.

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Payroll

2019 Hiring and Compensation Trends for Accounting Firms

One of the effects of a competitive hiring market is skilled accountants and auditors expect higher wages. Forty-six percent of U.S. workers responding to a recent Robert Half survey say they’re underpaid in their current position.

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Firm Management

How to Attract and Keep Top Performers in Accounting

Of course employees want to be fairly compensated for their skills and expertise, but they’re also after the things that money can’t buy, according to a recent Accountemps survey. These are the top three factors — besides salary — workers tend to ...