{"id":6380,"date":"2010-07-23t08:24:08","date_gmt":"2010-07-23t12:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=6380"},"modified":"2024-08-14t11:29:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14t15:29:51","slug":"are-you-already-missing-the-next-generation-of-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2010\/07\/23\/are-you-already-missing-the-next-generation-of-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"are you already missing the next generation of clients?"},"content":{"rendered":"
sure, the current generation of accounting firm owners faces a crisis in finding the people for succession.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n but that issue pales in comparison to the problem we have today, right now, with the gap between the generations seen in clients and the cpa firm workforce.<\/span><\/p>\n according to data from thomson reuters, the aging client base is much more pronounced than the aging workforce.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n “if we think the pipeline for future professionals is small, the pool of future clients is miniscule,” says jim boomer of boomer consulting<\/a>. “just as the next generation of workers will require new strategies, so too will the next generation of clients.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n
\n generation<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n \n \n \n traditionalists (62+)<\/span><\/td>\n \n \n \n baby boomers (44-61)<\/span><\/td>\n \n \n \n generation x (28-43)<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n \n \n \n millennials (under 28)<\/span><\/td>\n \n \n