staffers showing increased restlessness with their current jobs. (source: 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research)
foot-dragging firms lose out on best candidates as hiring trend forces wages upward.
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the tax and accounting industry’s new growth spurt is leading to increased volatility in the ranks, with a surge in the number of cpas looking for better jobs and firms scrambling for talent, according to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research.
in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 covers:
current hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, tax, payroll and cpa segments of the industry, indicating growth and shrinkage among sectors.
average hourly wages for key segments, with trends in employee pay rates.
typical hours worked per week, showing utilization and productivity.
trends concerning women in the workforce, including hiring rates.
today 28% of employees report they could change jobs in the next few months, up from a preceding12-month average of 19%, according to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research. this comes as 57% of firms say they are adding to their rosters, with only 39% holding steady and 6% cutting staff.
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“we need to continue to build depth,” says jim lewis, managing shareholder at kpm cpas in branson, mo. “staff isn’t as loyal as in the past, so turnover continues to be a problem.”
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at the xponent group n lagrange, ill., founder catherine riddick reports “business is growing and we need additional staff to handle the workload.”
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at vine dahlen in lynnwod, wash., becky mackenstadt reports, “we are currently looking to fill about six positions.” she adds, “we offer a great variety of career options. you get to interact directly with clients quickly. and we have a great client base to work with.”
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jodi chavez, senior vice president of accounting principals, says that right now, accounting is one of the fields where there are more openings than candidates. the better news? “we don’t see any indication that it is lightening up.”
in the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 tracking poll, a manager at a smaller regional firm said they will be adding as well, “because my firm had significant turnover in the past year and a half of experienced staff.” calling it “a great place to start with a fantastic culture,” the same manager noted that because they specialize in a few industries, “our scope of work is somewhat limited.”
specialization is a positive elsewhere. a manager at one large firm said they will be adding staff because of “growth in certain sectors, especially healthcare it transformation.”
employers also may be taking advantage of the large number of candidates to do some weeding out they couldn’t afford when times were worse.
a metro atlanta firm noted, “we have to replace a couple positions that we had laid off non-ideal staff from,” and a manager elsewhere said, “we have assessed our needs after this past tax season and hired new individuals to replace others that were not productive.” read more →
one of the revolutions in remote connectivity is happening within your cell phone, as digital cellular providers have beefed up and expanded their networks to provide reliable internet access to remote devices.
it is anticipated that in the next few years, the vast majority of the u.s. and canada will be able to access the internet through the 4g digital cellular network at speeds of 1mpbs or more, which is adequate for remote access to most applications, particularly those hosted by cloud providers.
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the internet has undoubtedly had a profound impact on firm communications. it has become the primary driver towards the next generation of accounting applications that run entirely on the web through “cloud” computing.
referrals remain stalwart. social media weakens. websites advance.
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some practices just need more clients. some need a more cost-effective way to find them and sign them up. some are looking for ways to liberate their less profitable or more difficult clients and replace them with others more conducive to getting the job done with minimal hassle and maximum moolah.
to no one’s surprise, referrals from current clients remains the most common source of new clients. no fewer than 95.1% of respondents report referrals as a sales channel. that number was close to consistent across all sizes of firms. for solo practitioners, it was 94.2%. it was highest for small firms (1-10 employees) at 96.8%. it was lower for mid-sized firms (11-50 employees) at 93.9%, and lowest of all for large firms, where referrals are the source of 92% of new clients.
what’s interesting, however, is that the overall percent has increased since last year, when 92.6% reported new clients by referral. with all the new and burgeoning sources of information — social media, websites, internet advertising — why are referrals an increasing source of clients? read more →
twenty to thirty percent of all accounting firm partnership agreements have no provision for goodwill-based retirement payments to partners departing due to death, disability, retirement or withdrawal.
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despite paying top dollar for top talent, old-line firms are losing gen y staffers with bigger ambitions.
derek davis, the shared economy cpa, talks about launching the first app-first cpa firm
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with cpa firms locked in a battle for top-level talent, wages are advancing at record rates in desperate efforts to both retain and recruit highly-prized professionals, according to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research.
partners and staffers alike, feeling stifled and underused at their current firms, are finding a broad array of new opportunities at other firms. and where they can’t find the right position at another firm, they are creating their own.
los angeles cpa derek davis, for example, left a career at a big four firm to start his own practice. but his first hire wasn’t an assistant. and his first partner wasn’t another cpa. instead, davis teamed with a software designer. and they didn’t open an office, they launched an iphone app.
multi-partner firms show bullish signs. soloists turn bearish on the u.s. economy.
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cpas aren’t economists, but they do know numbers, and they have their fingers on the pulse of the flow of money in their local areas. they know how their own businesses and their clients’ businesses are doing, and they have at least an inkling of the causes. remembering 2014 and living through the 2015 busy season, they are well placed to prognosticate on financial flows over the next 12 months.
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 survey research detects a certain optimism, but it seems to be a bit more cautious among solo practitioners. read more →
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cpas aren’t economists, but they do know numbers, and they have their fingers on the pulse of the flow of money in their local areas. they know how their own businesses and their clients’ businesses are doing, and they have at least an inkling of the causes. remembering 2014 and living through the 2015 busy season, they are well placed to prognosticate on financial flows over the next 12 months.