hiring

staffing: 10 key interview questions

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to uncover potential fast and early.

by jody grunden
building the virtual cfo firm in the cloud

before our firm became a distributed company with a remote workforce, our hiring was naturally limited to a small geographical location – fort wayne, indiana.

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when we really started to grow, we knew we needed to bring in more senior-level accountants to be able to handle the clients we were bringing in at such a rapid pace.
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four ways to beat the staffing shortage, with pasha malik

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kill the billable hour, embrace remote work, stay flexible, get social, says pasha malik of thyor.

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with richard rothstein

more on the staffing crisis:  the digital toolset for hiring at a small accounting firm  |  learning how to hire amid covid  | how covid rewrites the rules for recruiting | steven braunstein: new covid strategies for staff recruiting and retention | irs has recruiting problems, too | 12 signs it’s time to outsource | how aging boomers impact the accounting profession | why remote workers need retreats | 44 key attributes for assessing staffers | coaching the right way | 20 best practices for staff training and retention | the art and science of hiring: three essentials for the covid age | uncover potential in 10 interview questions | why your firm needs to attract more millenials | why small firms can win the talent wars | the one big reason your hiring sucks | five ways to improve operating margin during covid | getting and keeping the best people | be a talent magnet | who’ll quit next? | why you must constantly push work down |

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twitter and linkedin are the go-to resources for finding new talent at the mclean, va.-based thyor group of companies, founder and ceo pasha malik tells richard rothstein for 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间.

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how to embrace the blended future of work

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convergence coaching research suggests eight steps to take.

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the covid-19 pandemic has been many things for many people.

for the wise, it’s been an education.

more: the future is blended: combining remote and office work
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or, to put it another way, the mother of invention.

cpa firms have been quick to invent. what the wise have realized is that the inventions aren’t temporary measures destined to disappear when no longer needed. many are here to stay, and the accounting industry will be better off with them.
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profit sharing for a staffer?

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percentage signs on round hanging tagsthe owner wants to offer a percentage to a staff person, but how?

by ed mendlowitz
the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practice doctor

question: i have a small practice and have a staff person with me for eight years (who had nine years of experience before coming to me), and i want to offer him some profit-sharing percentage.

more: the secret recipe for staff retention | writing a reference? here’s how | 44 key attributes for assessing staffers | make cpe worth your while | what to do with a lousy client? | but i am managing! | how to run a practice in 90 pages
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how do i approach it?
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staffing: the digital toolset for local firms

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manny cosme explains how and when to leverage ziprecruiter, indeed, and social media.

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with richard rothstein

accounting firms need to use every tool available to maintain a fresh supply of top-notch talent, according to manny cosme, president of cfo services group, in this 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 interview with richard rothstein.

more on the staffing crisis:  “the new normal” will never be normal again  |  learning how to hire amid covid  | how covid rewrites the rules for recruiting | steven braunstein: new covid strategies for staff recruiting and retention | irs has recruiting problems, too | 12 signs it’s time to outsource | how aging boomers impact the accounting profession | why remote workers need retreats | 44 key attributes for assessing staffers | coaching the right way | 20 best practices for staff training and retention | the art and science of hiring: three essentials for the covid age | uncover potential in 10 interview questions | why your firm needs to attract more millenials | why small firms can win the talent wars | the one big reason your hiring sucks | five ways to improve operating margin during covid | getting and keeping the best people | be a talent magnet | who’ll quit next? | why you must constantly push work down |

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cosme makes some great points about working for a small nimble firm like cfo services group and the challenges of retaining great talent in the face of competition from bigger firms for high-quality talent. read more →

remote work is here to stay

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the next normal arrives: fully 81% of accounting firms see an increase in remote work even as they re-open their offices. (convergence consulting)

as accounting firms re-open, they’re competing for talent on work-from-home plans and reaping windfalls with smaller offices.

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no doubt about it, a capacity to work remotely has saved the tax and accounting business.

the question now is: what will tomorrow’s tax and accounting offices look like, post-pandemic?

more:  learning how to hire amid covid | survey: cpa firms reject staff vaccine mandates   |  covid-19 changed what we watch and how  |  why remote workers need retreats   | steven braunstein: new covid strategies for staff recruiting and retention   |  josh fisher: battling for staffers  |  “the new normal” will never be normal again   |  how and when to leverage ziprecruiter, indeed, and social media  |  how covid rewrites the rules for recruiting  |  staffing shortage? look at your business model

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in fact, the increase in remote work is likely to continue and expand in the future. read more →

the secret recipe for staff retention

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four young happy office employeesthe three reasons people stay at jobs.

by ed mendlowitz
the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practice doctor

question: i know you advocate hiring out of school, but that seems to present a danger when they leave after we have invested so much in training them. what can be done to retain them longer, if that is possible?

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answer: unless everyone you hire will become a partner, you will have people leaving. that’s just a fact of life.
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how aging boomers impact the accounting profession

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businessman and the cloud computing conceptyour people are your biggest assets.

by steven e. sacks
the new fundamentals

there are about 80 million baby boomers today, and this cohort of 65 and older is projected by the us census bureau to reach 83.7 million in the year 2050.

more steven sacks: would you buy your own services? | the future of the accounting profession | avoid last-minute deal making | business is about relationships | can a cpa firm be different in a changing market? | a rapidly changing business environment requires flexibility | accounting is a profession, not an industry

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by 2030, more than 20 percent of u.s. residents are projected to be aged 65 and over, compared with 13 percent in 2010 and 9.8 percent in 1970.

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why remote workers need retreats

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happy business professionals giving high five hand slapinvest in face-to-face interaction.

by jody grunden
building the virtual cfo firm in the cloud

with a brick-and-mortar company, there are a number of standard costs that you would expect to have, such as rent or mortgage, utilities, building repairs, furniture, technology, etc. the total amount of these kinds of costs typically falls in the range of 3-4 percent of the company’s annualized revenue. that amount can be pretty significant for a lot of companies.

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some business owners may think they can save the company all of that money by going remote, but i personally believe that’s a terrible idea. while it’s true that a distributed company doesn’t have the costs that come with having a physical space, the very nature of a remote work environment results in a completely different and unique set of needs that should be considered in the company’s annual budget.
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44 key attributes for assessing staffers

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green checks being made on checklistthey’re in no order. what are your priorities?

by ed mendlowitz
the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practice doctor

question: do you have a staff evaluation checklist?

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answer: i did not have a checklist of attributes that are looked at in evaluating staff performance, so i prepared one.
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a crash course in the business of public accounting

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woman looking at computer screen, man looking over her shouldercommon services, practice areas, and position titles.

by marc rosenberg
the rosenberg practice management library

personnel in any organization, from widget manufacturers to hospitals to baseball teams to charities, work with more enthusiasm and commitment when they genuinely feel part of the organization.

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when people understand how they fit into the overall scheme and what their role is and grasp the essentials of how the organization operates, they produce higher quality work and are more energized.

cpa firms are no exception.

and it starts with the partners:

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cpas see best outlook in three years, with notable exceptions

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some 76% of cpa corporate executives are now optimistic about the prospects for their own organization, less so about the u.s. economy in general.

cpa execs forecast economic boom.

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via aicpa

the economy is poised to come roaring back in the year ahead, with forecasts for revenue and profit growth not seen since 2018, according to the second-quarter aicpa economic outlook survey of members in business and industry.

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there are concerns, however. “availability of skilled personnel” reemerged as the top-cited challenge for businesses as job recruitment turns up. and two-thirds of business executives now express concern about inflation, up from 44 percent last quarter.

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