How to Conduct an Effective Employee Performance Review Employee performance reviews are integral to both your company and its employees. When handled appropriately they can improve communication, productivity, and job satisfaction. They provide an opportunity for you to connect with your direct reports and give valuable feedback that will help them grow in their positions. According to a 2017 Gallup study only three [...]
Advice for Successful Skip-Level Meetings If you’ve considered conducting skip-level meetings in your organization, you’re on the right track. Skip-level meetings can encourage trust between an organization’s leaders and employees, lead to more effective training for mid-level managers and uncover challenges within the organization that you may not have known existed. To take advantage of these benefits you need to go beyond just [...]
To Commute or Not to Commute? That is the Question Commuting hasn’t yet made it to any Florida city’s list of desired attractions or activities, but perceptions of it are changing. Long commutes were once either avoided altogether or reluctantly accepted as a necessary evil. However with the rise in technology, heightened environmental concerns and more open-mindedness towards employee flexibility, workers from corporate [...]
Signs Your Company is for Sale and What That Means for You News that the company you work for is being sold can come off as quite a shock. And what’s paralyzing about the experience is usually the timing. Companies don’t traditionally inform employees who will not play a leading role during the transition until closer to the end of the process. This [...]
Negotiating Salary with a New Employer In considering a new position compensation is a very important piece. You know the experience and value you bring and should not be afraid to quantify it. Your future employer will likely have a similar thought process. With budget constraints, established pay ranges, internal equity, salary bands, etc., employers are very aware of what they can afford [...]
How To Effectively Work With a Recruiter Accounting and finance professionals are in high demand. If you have an online account with any professional networking site, i.e., LinkedIn, the chances that numerous recruiters have been reaching out to you about open positions you qualify for are extremely high. In today’s job market, this sounds like a good problem to have. However, sometimes, [...]
Central Florida has a number of job opportunities for certified public accountants but that doesn’t necessarily mean you have the same odds as others in securing your ideal role. After the recession of 2008, companies are finding that people are working harder to keep their jobs. Productivity has skyrocketed. The applicant pools for most positions have never been deeper including both internal and [...]