staffing & recruiting

kenji kuramoto: rules? what rules?

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kill the 40-hr work week, online pricing and other archaic accounting conventions. 

the disruptors
with liz farr for 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间

kenji kuramoto and his business partner, mathew may, have been trying different things with their firm, acuity, for years. before the pandemic, acuity began experimenting with allowing team members to work wherever they wanted, how they wanted, and even how much they wanted to work. initially, this was to accommodate refugees from mega firms who wanted a change from the “very regimented, very time sensitive and very location-specific” norms of the industry.

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how small firms can win the talent wars

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three young people working in an officegetting creative can bring in better talent and better clients.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

one afternoon, the partner group of our outsourced accounting practice met for a state of the practice meeting conducted by our director of outsourced accounting. our prior director left and we were looking for someone when one of our newbies asked if he could be considered.

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the 25-year-old had one year of experience, and we were chasing a controller-type person. the whole outsourced practice was in shambles. revenue was nil and any clients we had were unsatisfied.
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aynsley damery: adding value is the only way to stay in business

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rethink the 80:20 rule, because the 80% are likely stealing from you.

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aynsley damery wants accountants to think more deeply about their work. the ceo for clarity said we need to think about what clients want and deliver it to them, but as simple as that sounds, the problem is he doesn’t “think many accountants truly understand what their clients are looking for.” clients who have started their own businesses are looking for a combination of “money, time and freedom.” however, damery said, we’re selling them dashboards, kpis and cash flow forecasting without explaining why that’s important and what that’s going to do for them. “clients are looking for an advisor who’s going to listen to me, understand my hopes, my fears, my vision, what the challenges are, and be able to be there to support me,” damery said.

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“our clients don’t understand numbers, yet we give them plans with the numbers, and … it doesn’t help,” he said. instead, damery said cpas need to help them understand what they need to do “to make a difference and move their business forward. and that’s not about giving them the answers. that’s about asking the right questions.”

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six ways to create a millennial-friendly firm

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your firm’s future depends on successfully engaging younger clients and younger staff. here’s how.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

do you know why millennials can’t buy houses? avocado toast is expensive. how many millennials does it take to change a light bulb? none. they accept it for what it is. buy me a craft beer and i’ll tell you a half-dozen more.

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now, here’s why you need millennials as clients and how they increase the efficiency of your firm.

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