More businesses using AI as tools emerge

New tools offer the promise of making automated machine learning available to organizations that don’t have AI or data analytics experts readily available.

Tips for surviving busy season

Veteran tax practitioners share ways to take care of yourself and do your best work at crunch time, no matter when that falls on the calendar.

CPAs need to watch these health care pricing rules

New rules are designed to make health care pricing more transparent, and CPA financial planners could use that information to help clients make more informed decisions.

Tough interview questions: ‘What’s your greatest weakness?’

Human resources experts recommend using this question to help an interviewer get to know you better.

Mental health concerns on campus: What faculty can do

There are steps you can take even if you’re uncertain about the best response.

Use Excel’s Flash Fill to automatically fill in data quickly

How to use Excel’s Flash Fill feature, including a keyboard shortcut for both Windows and Excel for Mac.

Get started teaching blockchain

Experts offer best practices for helping students and faculty get up to speed.

Tough interview questions: ‘Tell me about yourself’

Human resources experts share what this prompt is designed to reveal about a candidate, and good ways to reply to it.

Help staff let off steam during busy season

Accounting firms share their favorite methods for cutting tension, promoting camaraderie, and building good will during the busiest time of the year.

3 ways to defeat ransomware: Plan, prevent, not pay

This article discusses ways to prepare for this kind of cyberthreat.

Develop your team — or lose them

This article discusses the importance of providing employees with professional development opportunities.

Interesting CPA stories of how tech has transformed accounting

Technology-savvy accounting professionals describe their old and new ways of doing things, and the pros and cons of those changes.

Topics to avoid during job interviews

Career experts share subjects you should handle with care or avoid altogether in your next job interview.

Evolve your firm with these 12 questions

To survive change, CPAs need to be willing to alter business models and revamp legacy processes and services.

The financial and human cost of loneliness in retirement

Isolation and loneliness can have serious emotional, social, and financial consequences, and can contribute to declines in clients’ physical and mental health and quality of life.

Use IFS function to calculate letter grades in Excel

Added by Microsoft in 2016, the IFS function replaces the need for multiple nested IF statements. You can put all your conditions (percentage grade cutoffs in this example) in one function, making it easier to follow.

Improve your teaching evaluations

Here are some practical ways to improve your teaching evaluations, without lowering your standards or becoming an easier grader.

#EngagedStudents: Boost skills with social media

These fun projects encourage more professional communications.

Keeping a virtual team on track

CPAs offer advice on the processes and technology that help them effectively manage remote teams.

4 ways to shine at your next meeting

This article discusses ways you can make the most of your time spent in meetings.