It’s that time of year when we all have merry holiday tunes ringing in our minds and ears. 🎶🎄Each year brings many of the same old traditional songs, but pop singers cut popular covers & originals as well. 🎁 As you’re driving around or wandering the malls listening to these tunes, ever wonder which are the most popular? In the pop vs. traditional [...]
The job search process has come a LONG way over the last 25 years or so. Gone are the days of reading “Help Wanted” postings in the Sunday newspaper and faxing or mailing paper resumes in response. Sure – those were the stone ages (circa 1900’s) – but what have been the biggest changes in conducting a job search over the last decade [...]
The team is desperate to fill that role but what happens if you make a bad hire? Someone who doesn’t fit in, is incompetent or who leaves within a year or so. Making a bad hiring decision can be a costly mistake for businesses of all sizes. In fact, the average cost of a bad hire is around $17,000, according to a recent [...]
🕵🏻Tell me about yourself. It’s one of everyone’s favorite interview questions and one I role play frequently with candidates. 🌟 Mastering the "Tell me about yourself" question is essential for making an engaging first impression. In a recent article in The Muse, Stav Ziv provides interesting ideas and examples to help you shine during this critical moment. Here are four key takeaways to [...]
Your confidential search for the next step in your career is moving right along. 🤫 Interviews are going well, and you’re headed into the final steps. Then the recruiter asks for references. Gulp. How am I going to do that – this is supposed to be confidential? Statistics vary but different studies show up to 80% of employers check references before making a [...]
Here we go. Ready for a new workplace term? I’ve got you covered. The new term making the rounds is “coffee badging”. ☕This is a new trend where employees go into the office (badge in) for a brief period of time, usually to grab a coffee, show their faces around, socialize with coworkers and then leave. This trend is becoming increasingly popular as [...]
Meetings are a necessary part of work, but they can also be a major time suck. According to Zippia, the average American spends 3 hours per week in meetings and 30% of workers say they spend over 5 hours per week in meetings. 🤯 A few other quick meeting stats from the same study: ⏳In the US there are approx. 55 million meetings [...]
Welcome to CPA-land. Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines. Quarter end & Year end for our audit friends. 3/15, 4/15, 9/15, 10/15 (& this year 2/15) for our tax friends. Not to mention deadlines and accountabilities for other service lines. But where does it all lead? According to a recent report on PRNewswire, the public accounting industry is facing an epidemic of burnout, with statistics revealing [...]
Feeling guilty about looking around – at other jobs? I get that from candidates a lot. At all levels. It's perfectly normal to feel guilty about interviewing and/or leaving your job. After all, you've invested time and energy into building relationships with your colleagues and managers. You may also feel like you're letting them down, especially if you're leaving during a busy time [...]
Guess I didn’t realize or even think this is/was a thing. Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many people have experienced a new fear: ergophobia. The fear of work – or the fear of going to work. 😨 According to a recent Indeed survey, 42% of workers in Canada report feeling anxious about returning to the office. And a study published in the [...]