when a staffer stops listening

four issues and solutions in leadership and management.ed mendlowitz cpa the practice doctor q and a

question: one of my managers is complaining that the staff don’t listen to him. the specifics are that he assigns work and it isn’t completed on time and is usually incomplete and full of errors. he says he doesn’t want to supervise people anymore. any suggestions?

answer: i have many suggestions, sorted into four general areas.

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new data: strong, steady hiring at tax, accounting firms

tax, accounting and bookkeeping employment, through august 2014
tax, accounting and bookkeeping employment, through august 2014

the u.s. tax, accounting and bookkeeping industry remains a bright spot in the nation’s economy, according to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 sources.

here 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 reports on:

  • current hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, tax, payroll and cpa segments of the industry.
  • average hourly wages for key segments.
  • typical hours worked per week.
  • and trends concerning women in the accounting workforce.

overall, the u.s. economy added 142,000 jobs last month, 47,000 of them in professional and business services. meanwhile, the unemployment rate was little changed at 6.1 percent.

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accounting sector tops 5% annual growth rate

firms now recovered about 9 in 10 jobs lost in financial collapse.

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the u.s. tax, accounting and bookkeeping industries have recovered nearly 89 percent of the jobs lost in the economic crisis, according to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 sources.

卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 careers and hiring outlook

job satisfaction and retention benchmarks

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here 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 reports on:

  • current hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, tax, payroll and cpa segments of the industry.
  • average hourly wages for key segments.
  • typical hours worked per week.
  • and trends concerning women in the accounting workforce.

the u.s. economy as a whole added 209,000 jobs in july. in addition to the growth of 47,000 jobs in professional and business services, increases were seen in the manufacturing, retail trade and construction sectors. the unemployment rate remained stable at 6.2 percent, down from 7.3 percent a year earlier. read more →

why i don’t hire on experience

ed mendlowitz cpa the practice doctor q and aquestion: i know you advocate for hiring entry-level staff, but is there a situation when an experienced person should be hired?

answer: obviously there are exceptions – but i believe they are few and far between and not worth the overall effort of only hiring experienced staff, which many small firms only hire, and occasionally larger firms do when they think a “gem” is available.

the main reason of the whys and wherefores of the exception and hiring experienced people is that the experienced person you interview has worked for only one firm and you believe that firm has the same quality standards for training and development as you have and the person is leaving because of: read more →

when accountants don’t know they don’t know

blindfolded at computer by sandi smith leyva
the accountant’s accelerator

early in my career, one of my favorite things to teach was maslow’s four stages of learning.  i still think it’s one of the most valuable and profound pieces of information i have come across in my learning.

maybe you recall, too:

  1. unconscious incompetence.
  2. conscious incompetence.
  3. conscious competence.
  4. unconscious competence.

here’s how it applies to accountants: read more →