How to effectively onboard remote hires
Human resource experts and accounting firms offer ways to help remote hires connect with their team and their new employer’s culture.
Human capital
How firms can support employees with sick kids
Accounting firms can support employees with sick children who struggle to balance caregiving responsibilities with work duties. Find out how.
7 tips for communicating with staff during M&As
Experts say retaining talent is a major concern during consolidations.
How to go easier on staff during busy season
Many firms across the country have begun to abolish requirements for high-hour workweeks during busy season. Here’s how they are doing it.
What everyone can do to strengthen the next generation of CPAs
Firms, faculty, and CPAs all play crucial roles in promoting the profession to young people. Here are ways you can bolster the pipeline.
Breaking down the top issues facing CPA firms
Two CPA leaders analyze the critical issues identified by firms in a recent survey, including IRS service, succession planning, retention, and more.
Top firms dig deeper to retain employees
As the Great Resignation continues unabated, top firms are beginning to raise starting salaries and add benefits to keep employees from looking for greener pastures.
How the Great Resignation has affected the accounting profession
A CPA leader discusses the hiring and staffing trends that have affected the wider workforce as well as the accounting profession in this podcast episode with transcript.
5 ways accounting firms can better support LGBTQ+ employees
Creating a real sense of belonging for LGBTQ+ employees benefits individuals, clients, firms, and the profession.
Smart strategies that prepared these firms for a tough labor market
Recruit and retain staff by giving them a fulfilling career with room for work/life balance.
CPA firms show progress in diversity amid pipeline challenges
The AICPA’s 2021 Trends report provides information on the status of education, hiring, leadership and diversity in the accounting profession.
How accounting firms deal with hybrid working
Switching from remote to hybrid working brings with it challenges accounting firms have not had to deal with before. Here is how five firms are tackling these challenges.
FP&A: A new niche — and an expanded definition
An ENGAGE speaker shares six core principles for business and why the abbreviation FP&A means multiple things to him in this podcast episode with transcript.
Finding ‘untapped’ talent pools of CPAs
Now may be the time to rethink hiring strategies and cast a wider net for talent acquisition.
Recruiting, flexible working, and tax season issues for small firms
An AICPA vice president explains some of the key practice management concerns of smaller CPA firms — talent, technology, and tax season — in this podcast episode with transcript.
The 3 components of burnout, and why they are heightened now
Author Britt Andreatta, Ph.D., explains why change is difficult and why now is the time for leaders to spend even more time focusing on employee well-being.
Developing empathy and why it’s OK not to have all the answers
An EY executive explains how organizations can support their employees’ well-being and why leaders should focus on empathy.
Does client feedback hold the secret to employee retention?
Firm leaders can use the data they gather from client feedback systems to streamline processes and reduce strain on staff.
What’s your type? Identify your culture and hire the right people
Does your firm prioritize relationships, procedures, or competitiveness? The answer can determine whom you should hire.
Protect staff’s mental health with true time off
PTO isn’t as fulfilling as it could be when staff feel the need to respond to work emails on days off or anticipate coming back to full inboxes.
