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marketing’s role in staffing and recruitment

is your firm overlooking any of these opportunities?

by august j. aquila
price it right: how to value accounting services

we have talked about creating a marketing culture and an overall firm culture. these two concepts have been around for more than 30 years. what we are seeing today is that a marketing culture can have a significant impact on retaining and bringing in new staff. firm culture also plays a huge role in retaining employees and even partners.

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while the primary function of marketing is often associated with promoting products or services to external clients, it also has an important internal role in attracting, engaging and retaining top talent within the organization. here are six key ways in which marketing contributes to staffing and recruiting in a professional service firm:

    1. employer branding: marketing helps shape and communicate the firm’s brand, which represents the organization’s reputation as an employer. a strong employer brand can differentiate the firm from competitors and attract high-quality candidates. marketing teams develop and promote the firm’s unique value proposition, culture, employee benefits and career development opportunities to position the organization as an employer of choice.

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accountants struggle with moving from the traditional billable hour model because they have concerns about accurately estimating costs, managing expectations, and measuring work in progress. this change requires a shift in mindset and firm-wide accountability, which can be challenging but necessary to remain competitive.

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the slow, painful death of the 150-hour rule

ending a 50-year mandate, now “competency” counts (again).

by rick telberg
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after a quarter century of campaigning to get the 150-hour rule passed by all 50 states, overcoming opposition that seemed at one time as if it would rend the profession’s institutions, and after another quarter century of finding that the rule was failing by all critical measures, the aicpa and nasba are rolling out a workaround that could kill the rule.

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the organizations are offering a “competency-based” hurdle for cpa licensure that signals abject surrender.

this is the story, 50 years in the making, of (mostly) good intentions gone bad, unintended (but not unforeseen) consequences, and how rank-and-file cpas (eventually) overcame the power plays of multinational firms. read more →

the community of accountants is a superpower

eight excited office workers around conference table

leave your silos and explore an incredible breadth of options.

by liz farr

accounting, by its nature, is a solitary activity. but we don’t have to solve our firm’s problems alone. we don’t have to suffer alone.

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all we need to do is reach out to others, listen, ask for guidance, and know we will be heard and supported.

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give the recognition your staff needs

five people applauding in business setting, recognizing coworker

fifteen common ways that firms do it.

by marc rosenberg
cpa firm staff: managing your #1 asset

“i could live two months on one compliment alone.” – mark twain

suppose you ask staff (or partners, for that matter), “how important is it for the firm or your boss to recognize your accomplishments and efforts?” a knee-jerk response may be this: “it’s nice but not that important. i’m self-motivated and don’t need others to tell me when i do something good.”

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we usually regard these responses as somewhat defensive because everyone wants recognition. it’s a fundamental human need.
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