As if more proof were required, but U.S. accountants need not wonder whether they compete in a global market for talent and services. The Irish Association of Chartered Certified Accountants reports the demand for trained accountants has never been greater, nor have firms and employers encountered such difficulty in finding and keeping them. The top trends will be familiar to every U.S. CPA, including: The finance role is becoming more strategic A war for specialist talent is raging, and Demand for finance professionals is surging. [Reported in Ireland here and in Borneo here.] FREE DOWNLOAD: Get the ACCA report, “A Changing Profession? The Evolution of Accounting Roles, Skills and Career Aspirations,” here (32 pages, PDF).
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Join the survey, get updated results. Read the article: Rick Telberg/On Careers, “Benefits Packages: On the Fringe No More.” Email your comments. RICK TELBERG / CPA TRENDLINES Job Benefits: What Matters Most? (Early data based on partial results, Aug. 16, 2007) Join the survey, get updated results. Read the article: Rick Telberg/On Careers, “Benefits Packages: On the Fringe No More.” Email your comments.
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Join the survey here. Read the article: Rick Telberg/At Large, “Home-Based Accounting Practices Thrive.” 4 Key Findings: 97%: CPAs who know colleagues with “on-the-side†practices. 26%: CPAs who say they currently “moonlight.†27%: CPAs working full-time in a home-based CPA business. 61%: Working in their home-based business year-round,†not just during busy season. 8 Top Problems for Home-Based Practitioners: 45%: Meeting clients, colleagues in a professional setting. 48%: Overcoming isolation from peers. 39%: Managing time effectively. 21%: Obtaining enough admin/support personnel. 18%: Backing up file and preparing for disaster recovery. 15%: Have the right mix of technology resources. 12%: Resolving equiment/technology breakdowns. 6%: Maintaining IT security & privacy. 10 Essential Strategies for Success: 69%: The right technology setup. 85%: The [...]
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It all begins with personal attention… Join the Tax Season 2008 Study Group. Benchmark your practice. Get the best ideas. See the trends… all season long. Take the survey; get the results. It all begins with personal attention… More tables and verbatim comments…
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How Engaged Are Your Co-Workers? Executive Preview (Early data, final results may vary) Selected Highlights: – Most CPAs say they work with highly committed and engaged colleagues. – Most, too, say their offices are experiencing a chronic staff shortage.
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Marketers missing up to 55 percent of online ad response NEW YORK (AICPA.org) – U.S. spending on online advertising is growing at more than 20 percent per year and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of approximately 15 percent through 2010. However, marketers are missing more than half of all responses. In fact, 55 percent of follow up to online ads appears to occur up to 30 days after the ad has appeared, according to “Beyond the Click, Maximizing Advertising ROI in B2B E-Newsletters,†a new online advertising study by the electronic media group of the American Institute of Certified Public and Accountants (AICPA) and Bay Street Group LLC. Download the AICPA press release: [...]
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Hint: They like hanging out with people in their own industries. According to new Warrillow research, four out of five small business owners have attended a business-related event in person. When asked what type of business events they attend, responses ranged from a local Chamber of Commerce meeting to a large national trade convention. According to the small business owners Warrillow surveyed, “vertical,” industry-specific events are clearly more attractive than cross-industry, or “horizontal,” events. The next decision is whether to go for the reach of a national event or the intimacy of a local event. Again, the research suggests there may be a happy medium in state-wide events that provide the scale and reach of a larger event, with the [...]
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