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December 7, 2015

Manager Survival Series: The chronically late or absent employee

This article offers tips on to how to handle the chronically late or absent professional employee in the typical workplace.

December 1, 2015

SEC seeks applications for accounting fellow positions

Opportunities will begin in the summer of 2016.

November 30, 2015

Essential questions new partners need to ask themselves

What partners focus on during their first hundred days can set the tone for the rest of their career.

November 30, 2015

How to tell if a recruiter is actually helping you

If a recruiter pushes you to take a job or accept a candidate that you’re not sure about, he or she is probably not the right person for you to be working with.

November 19, 2015

Building trust with your team

Improving trust among team members could be the answer to an organization’s talent-related challenges.

November 16, 2015

Women see far more partnership gains with small firms than with large ones

The AICPA CPA Firm Gender Survey found that women account for 40% of the partnership ranks in firms with 20 or fewer CPAs—double the rate of firms with 100 or more CPAs.

November 16, 2015

How CPAs can start their own business

An accounting background provides a helpful leg up for entrepreneurs or those who want to invest in an existing business.

November 1, 2015

Blazing a path to success for the profession

Tim Christen, CPA, CGMA, the AICPA’s 103rd chairman, has a passion for developing people and shaping the profession’s future through change.

November 1, 2015

Diane B. Medley, CPA/ABV, CGMA

Diane B. Medley, CPA/ABV, CGMA, is managing partner and co-founder of Mountjoy Chilton Medley LLP in Louisville, Ky.

November 1, 2015

Young leader wins AICPA’s Outstanding Young CPA Award

Dan Griffiths, CPA, director of strategic planning at Tanner LLC, received the Outstanding Young CPA Award in Honor of Maximo Mukelabai.

October 19, 2015

CPA exam evolving to reflect shift in skills requirements

Changes in the nature of the work performed by newly licensed CPAs have led to proposed changes to the content of the Uniform CPA Examination.

October 15, 2015

The power of a planned vacation

This article highlights the benefits of vacations for employees and employers.

October 1, 2015

New direction for CPA exam

Changes proposed by the AICPA would enable testing of higher-order skills that newly licensed CPAs use in their work.

October 1, 2015

Hiring at public accounting firms hits all-time high

Hiring and enrollment in accounting programs are at all-time highs. Master’s degrees are taking off, too, and firms are getting creative in their pursuit of in-demand talent.

September 21, 2015

Memories of the CPA exam

The CPA exam is more than just a test; it’s also a rite of passage for the profession.

September 18, 2015

Career training a key tool to lure accounting talent

Competitive salaries, benefits and perks may not be enough to lure top accounting and finance job candidates during this time of intense competition for talent.

September 17, 2015

5 strategies to grow critical thinking skills

Critical thinking can be described as disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence.

September 14, 2015

How to answer the most challenging job interview questions

Here are a few of the more challenging interview questions you may be asked, and how best to respond.

September 9, 2015

More evidence of accelerating growth in accounting and finance salaries

Accounting and finance salaries in the United States are projected to grow 2.4% in 2016, according to a salary guide published this week, up from the 1.2% increase forecasted for 2015.

September 3, 2015

Rise in US accounting salaries accelerates

Starting salaries for U.S. accounting professionals are expected to rise between 4.0% and 5.3% in the coming year, according to a new salary guide from staffing services provider Robert Half.

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Build reusable Skills in Anthropic’s Claude AI

Instead of rewriting prompts each time, CPAs can turn routine tasks into reusable AI Skills. This Technology Q&A walks through how to build Claude Skills that process files, ask setup questions, and export clean Excel outputs.