If busy season 2011 starts in less than three months, then this must be hiring season.
…or it would be, were it not for the economy.
Results from a CPA Trendlines study suggest that accounting firms could be at least considering plans to add to their rosters for the first time since the sudden and massive layoffs that began in 2008.
Details of the survey results are scheduled to be released at
the next Seven Keys to Successful CPA Firm Management webinar Oct. 21, 1 p.m. ET,
“Creating a Great Place to Work – For the New Economic Realities.”
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Less than half of all accounting employees say they love their jobs so much they’d hardly consider jumping, unchanged from last year. But many of the workers last year who were on the fence have now slid into the job-seeking camp.
Last year only 10% cried “Please get me outta here!” This year, it’s 14%. The data jibes with a Robert Half report that shows 44% of workers are more inclined to look for jobs outside their firms as a result of their experience during the recession.
The job-jumpers may get their chance soon: The layoffs may be over and firms are ready to start growing again.
The number of firms that are adding to staff has risen to 37% this year from 26% last year, while the number of firms cutting staff has dropped to a miniscule 7% from 18% last year.
As part of the “new normal,” accounting staffers say they working as hard, or harder, as ever.
We asked: If you could tell someone what it’s really like to work at your firm, what would you tell them? The single most often-used word these days is “work.” And be “prepared” to “work” long “hours.”
The new study, “CPA Careers and Hiring Outlook: Job Satisfaction and Retention Benchmarks,” measures hiring plans, employee attitudes and more than 18 distinct characteristics and best practices of high performing firms. Participants get the topline results as a token of our gratitude. Join the survey; get the results.
