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 [...]
How to Begin a Successful Career Change Changing careers is comparable to changing jobs…times ten. There’s the excitement that comes along with beginning any new journey and the fear of diving into uncharted territory. You know you are ready for a major shift but you may not be sure exactly where to begin. Something about your current career path is unfulfilling. Perhaps it’s [...]
How To Handle Multiple Job Offers When job hunting, you are more likely to be prepared to accept an offer than reject one. But what happens when you receive multiple job offers? Many candidates don’t consider this possibility beforehand and in turn do not equip themselves with the information they need to make this decision successfully. Knowing what to do in the event [...]
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, [...]
Tips For An Effective Employment Reference Check Many times we hear the questions: Does anyone check references anymore? Or what's the point of checking references? Employment references are an essential step in the hiring process as they are usually the first and last source of third party information you receive about the candidate prior to making an offer and her initial start date. [...]
Requesting a Pay Increase No one appreciates the feeling of being underpaid for their work, but many people are unsure how to approach the topic with their employers. A raise in compensation can be a touchy subject to address as it tends to create an aura of awkwardness for the requestor. But it doesn’t have to. Contrary to how it may initially feel, [...]
Managing the Talent Pipeline for CPA firms Demand for CPA talent is at an all-time high in public accounting firms everywhere. The proliferation of Advisory, Transaction Advisory Services, and Consulting Practices within firms are creating a shortage across all practice areas, including Audit and Tax. Hiring and retaining these professionals have become more and more challenging for companies that do not have an [...]
Career Mapping Strategies and Tips It’s been said that people spend more time picking out a necktie for their annual holiday party than planning their career direction. While it’s not possible to fully predict and plan the future of one’s company or career it is advisable to have a good idea of which direction one would like to head. Many promising careers have [...]
When an interview goes poorly it’s no surprise that a candidate is not invited in for another round of meetings. After all – that is the purpose of the interview process. The head scratching begins when interviews seemingly go well, rapport is established and the hiring authority is talking about the candidate as if she already has the position. Only to be followed [...]