staffing & recruiting

compensation: money and beyond

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chef garnishing a plateplus 6 types of bonuses and 12 extraordinary benefits.

by marc rosenberg
on staffing

every cpa industry survey i’ve seen for decades shows that compensation is #1 to staff.

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for example, the aicpa/pcps 2011 top talent survey showed:

  • salary was #2 for what attracts staff; #1 was career growth opportunities.
  • salary was #1 for what retains staff.

my feeling is that compensation is ante to enter or stay in the game.
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6 keys to advancement programs

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six vintage keysplus 7 ways to make staff jobs more challenging.

by marc rosenberg
on staffing

a great table-setter for this topic is an aicpa/pcps top talent survey, conducted in december 2011.

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the following were noted as keys to retaining cpa firm staff:

  • career growth opportunities
  • interesting and challenging client projects

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reader sound-off: mandatory saturdays stir controversy

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commenting on “mandatory saturdays,” clockwise from top left: stitely, boress, michel, evarts

is it work-life balance, or firm-employee balance?

sound-off: does your firm mandate saturdays?
join the conversation here.

by beth bellor
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tax season has yet to start and already tempers are flaring in the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 comments section as practitioners debate requiring staffers to work on saturdays during busy season.

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in “how to make mandatory saturdays a thing of the past,” 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 contributor jennifer wilson says the “cool firms” are eliminating the age-old practice nd replacing it with flex-time, work-at-home, and results-oriented strategies. still, she says, “i literally hear a gasp of surprise because it challenges one of the most fundamental elements of public accounting – tracking, measuring and valuing time.”

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making flex time work in the real world

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woman working on laptop at homebonus: a sample flexible work arrangement policy.

by jennifer wilson
on staffing

art kuesel of kuesel consulting said it’s funny how people and organizations launch a new philosophy, policy or approach with the best of intentions, but somehow fail to consider an unintended consequence that threatens to negate the whole purpose of the original initiative.

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his examples:
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