accountants may be winning the war for work-life balance. the number of average weekly hours worked for non-supervisory employees in the accounting and bookkeeping industry slipped to 33.2 in 2011, down from 33.4 and continuing a 20-year trend since 1990, … continued
now running at new high. hourly earnings at cpa firms are running at an all-time high, according to new data available to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间. on average, earnings reached $31.20 per hour in 2011, up about 3.2%, for all employees. for just non-supervisory … continued
what you need to know before a confrontation.
by sandra wiley
boomer consulting
many of us know all too well past or current employees and co-workers we’d term “challenging.”
slackers, space cadets, power grabbers, loners, drama queens and kings, and challengers. we talked about them on 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 here.
to get the performance you want from the person, you must change the cycle that they have developed.
no men need apply? women have long outnumbered men in the accounting firm workforce, but a new 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 analysis suggests that the latest recession widened the gap. based on the latest data available, 584,300 of the people employed in … continued
here are just seven types of difficult co-workers. you may know more.
by sandra wiley
anyone who has managed a team has most likely stumbled across a challenging employee. identifying the challenging behavior is easy; finding ways to change the behavior and motivate the team member so they exhibit superstar qualities is the true challenge.
why are they so difficult? why do they continue the unpleasant behavior, even when they are told that it needs to change? because it is working for them! this is behavior that has worked for them before, and allows them to get what they want.
20 years of ups and downs, now up again. the number of people employed by cpa firms in the u.s. has topped 400,000 for the first time since last february, according to the latest data available to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间. total … continued
what recession? more accountants with jobs … ever.
by rick telberg
in the same jobs report that drove the nasdaq to an 11-year peak, the accounting and bookkeeping sector recorded more people employed in the industry than ever before.
and four simple solutions.
by rick telberg
if this is february, then it’s the season for already forgetting our new year’s resolutions. i don’t know about you, but i’ve already broken a few of them.
but there are some new year’s resolutions that we cannot afford to ignore. for accountants, here are just four. that’s right: only four. that’s all we have space for here. but each is hitched to a pervasive dilemma within the profession.
accounting firms hire the most, pay less.
the average salary for accounting majors is averaging up 3.7 percent to $50,500, according to a new survey of college graduates and the employers who hired them.
poll shows what it takes to land the best students.
public accounting report’s 30th annual poll of college accounting professors shows that if their best student had a choice, that student would choose pricewaterhousecoopers to start their career.
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state-of-the-firm vid lands rachel ray tv show appearance.
cpa firms account for 2 in 3 new jobs.
the nation’s tax, accounting, payroll and bookkeeping businesses added 3,100 employees in december, bringing the industry’s total headcount to 943,100, according to the latest government data obtained by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间. read more →
new data shows where many firms are falling short.
accounting firms need to start worrying that their best people could jump ship for the next great opportunity.