To keep your company thriving, it’s important you search for top talent now. You’ll have your pick of the highest-quality professionals to prepare for your busy season and cover employee absences. Hire Proactively for Your Busy Season Before you find yourself in dire need of top-quality candidates, hire now. Baby Boomers are retiring, college students… Read more »
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Hiring Accountants? Prepare Your New Hire Handbook Now
Your employee handbook shows how you want your employees to be treated and how you expect them to interact. It also states your company’s brand and culture and helps you attract, engage, and retain top talent. Make sure you have a current layout of expectations in these five areas regarding how you’ll run your business…. Read more »
Salary Negotiation Tips for Employers of Accounting Personnel
Salary negotiation for potential accounting employers can be stressful. As a manager, you want to offer competitive compensation that fits with your company’s budget. A job candidate wants an appropriate salary based on his skills and experience. To find a balance between what you and your potential hire want, follow these guidelines. Conduct Market Research… Read more »
Prepare Your Accounting Team for Flu Season
As in other professions, many accounting workers are hesitant to take time off from work due to illness. Reasons may include strong work ethic, a heavy workload, wanting to please a boss, or simply being unable to miss getting paid or risk losing employment. However, people who come to work with the flu spread germs… Read more »
What to Include in an Application Acknowledgement Letter for CPAs
When CPAs apply to open positions with your company, you want to acknowledge the time they invested in showing interest in working with you. An application acknowledgment letter fills this purpose. Learn the importance of an application acknowledgment letter and how to write one with these guidelines and a sample letter. Acknowledgment Purpose The purpose… Read more »
Accounting Candidate With Experience vs. Candidate With Potential: Who Wins?
There’s always lots of debate over whether an employer should hire an accounting professional based on experience or potential. Experience shows you are adept at accounting work, yet potential brings about new ideas. Learn why it pays for companies to hire accounting employees based on experience, or why it may be better to hire a… Read more »
3 Steps for Implementing an Accounting Company Policy
For your business to thrive and increase its position in the marketplace, you need sound accounting policies. Determining how your company handles and reports financial transactions is essential to measure company performance. When you need to implement a new accounting company policy, follow these three steps as a guideline to success. Create Policy Start creating… Read more »
3 Benefits of Increasing Employee Recognition
For accounting employees to achieve their peak performance, they need to be recognized for significant and everyday accomplishments. Recognizing staff members’ output confirms the value of their work and makes them feel appreciated. When colleagues feel valued, their satisfaction and desire to improve output goes up. Consider the following benefits of employee recognition. Higher Production … Read more »
Did Annual Reviews Uncover a Bad Egg?
Highly productive workers are needed to increase a company’s success. Sometimes annual reviews uncover a bad egg within the business. Learn how to be proactive when replacing underperforming employees. Annual Review Finds Underperforming Employee Evaluating individual performance to accurately determine an employee’s contribution to your company requires weekly monitoring. Each worker must be made aware… Read more »
3 Accounting Management Resolutions for 2016
Right now, people are making their New Year’s resolutions. As an accounting manager, you’re probably planning ways you can make 2016 even more productive for your company. After all, your success depends on your team members’ success. Read the suggestions below for strong accounting management resolutions for 2016. Be More Lenient on Productive Staff Members… Read more »