compensation and benefits

how do you value your most important asset?

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yes, your employees.

by steven e. sacks
the new fundamentals

skills, abilities and experience are the elements recruiters use to assess candidates who come before them. but what is interesting is despite a skill set playing  a dominant role in the value that an employee brings to the organization, it may not be recognized as such. this is not a new concept. i came across research conducted in 1918 by harvard university, the carnegie foundation and stanford research center.

more steve sacks: how to build a winning proposal | six ways to fix your firm agreement | the great resignation or a reshuffling? | listen to learn | build the framework to a solution with five answers | try for success, not a win
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the study discovered that almost 95% of job success comes from having well-developed soft skills (better referred to as life skills ) and people skills, while  only 5% of job success comes from technical skills and knowledge — hard skills.

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firms recall half of furloughed staffers

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total tax and accounting employees, in thousands, over the last 18 months. (卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research)

just in time to finish tax season.

by beth bellor

got whiplash? job sectors that saw figures plummet in last month’s report are seeing them climbing back, albeit not as quickly.

more: the mystery of 10 million missing tax returns | pro tax prep stalls to a crawl amid covid-extended season | planning for the coronavirus recession | the tax season 2020 dumpster fire | |  covid kills 67,600 jobs in tax and accounting  | pre-covid-19, accounting profession hits new highs

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the tax and accounting industry has quickly added back about half of the jobs lost in the covid-19 shutdown – just in time to finish the hyper-extended tax season, according to the latest 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 jobs report. but what happens next is anybody’s guess.

in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 analyzes:

  • current and long-term hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

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covid kills 67,600 jobs in tax and accounting

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two years of steady gains wiped out in one month

profession loses four years of job growth in the first month of the coronavirus recession, reversing years of steady gains.

by beth bellor

crushed by the covid-19 pandemic, the tax and accounting profession has fallen below 1 million employees for the first time in two years – way below, and that may be just the tip of the iceberg, according to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research.

more on jobs and hiring trends:  planning for the coronavirus recession  |  pre-covid-19, accounting profession hits new highs  |  the fight for new tax clients  |  tax & accounting headcounts hit record high   |  hiring growth rate shows signs of leveling off   |  what staffing shortage?   |  payroll agencies lead jobs growth in the tax & accounting industry   |
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in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 highlights:

  • current and long-term hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

the data comes with a big asterisk.

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pre-covid-19, accounting profession hits new highs

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we’ll be comparing apples to zebras for a while.

by beth bellor

what a difference a month makes. the accounting profession set several new records in the latest employment figures … but.

for our analysis on the covid-19 impact on the profession, see planning for the coronavirus recession

that “but,” of course, is the global pandemic. the numbers almost seemed dated as soon as they were released, because we know many of those gains quickly melted away.
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headcounts dip by 3,500 in tax & accounting

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hourly earnings hit new high.

by beth bellor

cpa firms and payroll agencies are trimming their headcounts going into busy season 2020, according to new data obtained by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 highlights:

  • current hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

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tax & accounting headcounts hit record high

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records set in several segments.

by beth bellor

with year-end employment figures in, it remains a great time to be an accountant.
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by the numbers

in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 highlights:

  • current hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

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hiring growth rate shows signs of leveling off

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still healthy, but not as good as last year.

who’s hiring, who’s not.
who’s quitting, who’s staying.
and why and why not.
join the survey. get the facts.

by beth bellor

“stay the course.” remember that chestnut?

more on jobs: what staffing shortage? | payroll agencies lead jobs growth in the tax & accounting industry | hiring trends: accounting hits 4.2% expansion rate | hiring trends flash warning signs of slowdown in tax & accounting | charts: tax & accounting among biggest jobs creators in u.s. | hiring surge powered by growth in payroll agencies
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maybe it’s not time to rock the boat. the accounting profession is more than holding its own, with new highs seen in:

  • overall earnings,
  • staff earnings,
  • cpa firm staff numbers and earnings, and
  • payroll services earnings.

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what staffing shortage?

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demand for new hires shows signs of weakening.

by beth bellor

high-quality tax, accounting, and finance talent remain in high demand, with about 33% of companies reporting open positions, according to a new study that also forecasts strong hiring demand over the next 12 months.

more on jobs: payroll agencies lead jobs growth in the tax & accounting industry | hiring trends: accounting hits 4.2% expansion rate | hiring surge powered by growth in payroll agencies | tax shops cut 6,200 jobs | salary survey: top skills getting top pay
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“more than one-third of the human resources professionals and hiring managers who participated in the q4 2019 hiring forecast survey reported unfilled jobs in accounting and finance,” according to sagar pandya, cpa, vp of operations at brilliant. “this number is lower than last quarter and lower than any other quarter in the past year.”
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