Offer, acceptance and start date are only intermediary steps in securing a successful hire. To foster a successful and effective hire, onboarding is essential for integrating new talent into your management team and boosting organizational productivity. Let’s consider some numbers. 📊 With 25+ years placing CPAs and finance leaders, I’ve seen firsthand that stellar onboarding can glue talent to firms, while weak starts [...]
I'm getting a lot of questions about the state of the job market now that we are well into 2025. We've all read about the layoffs in tech and other sectors for January, but there is some additional hard data from a recent article in US News & World Report (link to article below). The U.S. labor market showed signs of cooling down, [...]
What does the workforce look like in 2025 and beyond? It’s about as diverse as its ever been with participation from the Boomers to Gen Z currently. Gen Alpha is coming up and poised to join the workforce in just a few years. Let’s take a closer look at the current (and future) makeup. 📊 According to recent data from multiple sources, the American [...]
📢 Welcome to summer of 2024. Over the last few years, we’ve weathered the Great Resignation, Big Stay, Quiet Quitting, Great Reshuffle and other related work/employment eras. Where does that leave us? From an employee’s perspective it's essential to continually reflect on your career and make sure it aligns with your long-term goals and values. A recent article in U.S. News & World [...]
We’ve discussed assembling a resume a few times in the last couple months. Now it’s time to (metaphorically) put pen to paper and get that thing polished up. 📄 Hmm. How do we describe our skills, titles, experiences & degrees, especially if we see a job we are particularly interested in? Yes – the temptation could be there to fudge or inflate. There’s [...]
Frustrated by the black hole of online job applications? 🌌 Don't let the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and AI stand between you and a great opportunity with a solid company! 🤖💼 Here are some quick tips to increase the odds your resume makes it in front of an actual human: Keywords are Key: Tailor your resume to match the job description. 🎯 Use [...]
How do you feel about the state in which you’re living? No – I’m not talking about states of confusion or shock, I’m talking about your residence. We Florida residents take a lot of flack about Florida Man 🐊, but there are many reasons to love this state. One is the low overall tax burden. A recent study by WalletHub has ranked the [...]
Many of you have reached out, curious about the current job market, particularly the interview landscape. Based on my contacts and hearing from companies & candidates, 2024 has started off choppy. Is the "it's a candidate's market" era drawing to a close? Too soon to tell I think. 🤔 That said, let’s keep in mind what to expect in a job interview process. [...]
More and more white-collar professionals are starting “side hustles” and/or joining the gig economy piecing together contract work to fill their days. These gigs aren’t limited to driving Uber or Doordash either. Let’s look at the big picture when it comes to side gigs. Overall, the gig economy continues to be a significant force in the global workforce, and 2024 is shaping up to [...]
You’ve finally got that resume polished and you’re ready to consider new career opportunities. There’s one small problem though, you’re currently working and your boss/management team seems to know everyone in town. How are you supposed to evaluate what’s next for you aside from looking at online job ads? 🔍 As a trusted recruiter with over 25 years of experience, I understand that [...]