hiring

and it’s about time the profession took action.

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it’s been with us from the beginning. we can measure it but we can’t see it. it’s our friend and our enemy. it’s infinite, yet we never have enough of it.

and it may be the big leak in the cpa pipeline.

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yes, it’s time.

so concludes the illinois cpa society’s 2024 “re-decoding the decline” survey and report on why the pipeline of incoming accounting talent has been going from dribble to drip.
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four areas ripe for change.

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five ugly facts your firm may need to deal with:

1. seventy percent of cpas are at or near retirement age.
2. the numbers of accounting graduates and cpa exam candidates are both dropping.

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3. gen z (ages 20-30) is transforming the labor market with new values on workplace environment, compensation, benefits, leadership, dei policies, culture and corporate mission.
4. the majority of current cpas have no interest in becoming partners.
5. roughly half of current cpas might consider finding another firm, and almost 15 percent wouldn’t mind leaving the profession altogether.

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thirty-eight ways to retain personnel.

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a survey conducted by the pennsylvania institute of cpas has come up with some disturbing data.

the survey report almost seems to spin bad news into good. when cpas in pennsylvania who have three to 10 years of experience were asked how strong is their desire to stay in public accounting, 56.7 percent rated their desire at five (out of seven) or higher.

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is that good news or bad? if about half of cpas are reasonably happy with their jobs … what about the other half?
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time is a concern, and so is performance.

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the pipeline of incoming accounting professionals isn’t exactly gushing these days. to the contrary, it has slowed to an inadequate dribble.

the scarcity of qualified professionals makes talent retention more important than ever. it’s far easier and less costly to keep current people on board than to attract and onboard new people.

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but what do they want? what keeps them happily at their current job?

well, for one thing, money.

but these days, that’s not enough.
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five conclusions from a new report.

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the accounting talent pipeline problem isn’t going away. it isn’t even improving.

but it isn’t hopeless.

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a recent report from the pennsylvania institute of cpas points out that, though the problem is big and the obstacles many, cpa firms can, with enough effort, hold on to the talent they’ve got.

and retaining talent is a lot less expensive than trying to attract it.
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