Pursuing a career in accounting can be challenging. Many accounting jobs are competitive and, without the right experience, difficult to land. Thankfully, you can leverage contract accounting jobs and temporary positions to help grow your experience in the field. More importantly, you can add them...
A team that gets along is great. You want the people you hire and selected to work together to have a good camaraderie. But what’s even better is when each member brings characteristics that help build a strong, high-performing team, in which the whole is...
At some point during the interview process — or maybe when you’re applying for a job — you’ll be asked to provide a list of references, people to be called and asked to speak on your behalf. Whether you’re a newer member of the workforce...
Job searching can be a long, lonely and stressful process. It can feel like a never-ending journey with one dead end after another. But there are ways to make things better: Have you considered working with a job recruiter? Recruiters are paid by the companies they partner...
It’s the simplest thing a manager can do and maybe the most important: Thank your employees. Without a strong, core team working with you, deadlines are missed, projects aren’t completed, clients aren’t cared for and the overall company can be hurt by lost revenues and opportunities....
Updating your resume and drafting a few versions of cover letters is standard practice when it’s time to look for a new job. But how much attention do you pay to your list of references? Hiring managers want to know more about you from people you’ve...
Interviews are stressful for both the person being questioned and the one doing the asking. So much of it is rote: tell me about yourself, what are your strengths and weaknesses, why are you a good candidate for this job, etc. When you’re looking to hire...
Interviews are stressful enough! You’re meeting new people, trying to be authentic as well as impressive, hoping to get a second or third look before ultimately landing a job. Everything is stressful about interviews, from deciding what to wear to not looking too nervous when...
After a while, the candidates you bring in for interviews may start to blur together. When you’ve been through several rounds of conversations to try and find the exact right person for a job, you’re going to have people with a similar background and work...
There are piles of resumes waiting on your desk. Your inbox is bursting with applications. But none of the candidates are exactly suitable for your company. Or maybe you have the opposite problem: The jobs you’ve posted are getting lost in the shuffle, and no one’s...