why staff leave cpa firms… and how to keep them

five young business people at work in an office setting.

the 14 top reasons they depart, plus insights from young employees.

by marc rosenberg
cpa firm staff: managing your #1 asset

the following data is from recent rosenberg surveys.

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don’t risk losing good employees for bad clients

keep the right kpis and the right clients, and you’ll keep the right staff.

by alan anderson, cpa
transforming audit for the future

audit in the future will be much different than in the past. it’s going to require different skill sets. in the future, we need to teach more thinking and interpretive skills. the ticking and tying can be automated, but we’ll need people to interpret the anomalies that the bots and automation tools kick out. they’ll need to develop a deeper understanding of the industry, the client, and general business sense to discern whether an anomaly is just a mistake or a sign of something more profound.

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as the owner of a business myself, i understand the need to ensure there is enough cash coming in to keep the lights on and everyone paid. but sometimes, firms take on work just to keep people busy all year round. a prime example of this is ebp audits, which seem quick and easy but have their own risk factors. doing only one or two a year can be especially risky for your firm.

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jobs outlook: strong and steady growth in hiring and earnings for u.s. accountants

cornerstone study forecasts smooth advances in both employment and salaries for accountants through 2031

cornerstone studies by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research provide decision-makers with a strong, data-based set of sharp insights, useful reference points, and actionable intelligence.

explaining the talent shortage in one big chart

trends and forecasts

  • job market: the accounting job market is robust, with a projected growth of 6% through 2031.
  • salary trends: salaries have been increasing, with significant pay bumps in recent years.
  • shortage of professionals: could lead to more competitive salaries and enhanced benefits.
  • the post-staffing era: 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 defines the shifts the profession will inevitably take as it evolves beyond today’s staffing shortage.

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how to solve the big disconnect in talent management

can you articulate your firm’s employee value proposition?

by marc rosenberg in collaboration with jeremy wortman, ph.d., owner of hrd initiatives
cpa firm staff: managing your #1 asset

“executives spend more time on managing people and making people decisions than on anything else – and they should. no other decisions are so long-lasting in their consequences or so difficult to unmake. and yet, by and large, executives make poor promotion and staffing decisions. at most, one-third of such decisions turn out right, one-third are minimally effective and a third are outright failures. in no other area of management would we put up with such miserable performance.” – peter drucker

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what is talent management?

talent management is an umbrella term for how firms acquire talent, engage people in their firms, develop their skills and retain them. among many things, it addresses
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does firm culture still matter?

…having staff that can state the uniform culture. as i said above, if you don’t know, ask. in fact, you should be regularly engaged with your team, whether it’s a…