{"id":1140,"date":"2008-03-30t12:20:48","date_gmt":"2008-03-30t16:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/2008\/03\/30\/firms-to-watch-clayton-mckervey-surges-with-%e2%80%9crazor-sharp-focus%e2%80%9d\/"},"modified":"2024-08-14t11:30:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14t15:30:30","slug":"firms-to-watch-clayton-mckervey-surges-with-razor-sharp-focus-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2008\/03\/30\/firms-to-watch-clayton-mckervey-surges-with-razor-sharp-focus-2\/","title":{"rendered":"firms to watch: clayton & mckervey surges with \u00e2\u20ac\u0153razor-sharp focus\u00e2\u20ac\u009d"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>but that “razor-sharp focus” can cut two ways.<\/strong><\/p>\n c&m specializes in clients with cross-border needs. but ifrs experience can be hard to find<\/p>\n we first reported on the detroit-based local firm with global reach last year (in “28 firms win aam awards<\/a>“) and again last month (in “firms to watch: clayton & mckervey surges with ‘razor-sharp focus.’ <\/a>”<\/p>\n now the prolific and insightful dona dezube writes about the firm’s recruiting strategies at jobsinthemoney.<\/p>\n what kind of recruits is the firm looking for?<\/strong><\/p>\n clayton & mckervey serves only middle-market entrepreneurs who want to expand globally. such focus makes it easy to train employees, but harder to find the accountants it wants: those who already know both ifrs and gaap.<\/em><\/p>\n working in such a tight niche makes it relatively easy to train employees, but harder to find accountants who already know the business. “there’s not a vast amount of accounting talent that understands ifrs (international financial reporting standards<\/a>) as well as gaap (generally accepted accounting principles<\/a>),” managing partner donald clayton explains.<\/em><\/p>\n where does c&m finds new job candidates? <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a>most of clayton’s experienced hires either come from smaller firms or have transferred to<\/em> the detroit area. partner kevin mckervey recruited one recent hire from china, after meeting her at an international conference. another new employee worked for deloitte<\/a> in mexico for eight years, then followed her spouse to the motor city. not all hires have international experience. “we find good, tax-oriented people and we have the expertise to train them and the international assignments to keep them challenged,” clayton explains.<\/em><\/p>\n the firm also hires recent college graduates if they have a solid gpa and evidence of extracurricular success, says hr manager rebecca porritt.<\/em><\/p>\n read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" but that “razor-sharp focus” can cut two ways. c&m specializes in clients with cross-border needs. but ifrs experience can be hard to find we first reported on the detroit-based local firm with global reach last year (in “28 firms win … continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"129943,136841,137220,133468,129856,136410","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2297,9],"tags":[100,162,164,715,24],"class_list":["post-1140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-staffing","category-strategy","tag-cpa-firm","tag-global","tag-ifrs","tag-jobs","tag-recruiting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n