LinkedIn Launches Accountant-for-Hire Service

LinkIn ProFinder listing
LinkIn ProFinder listing

New buying service promises accountants projects and ongoing assignments.

By Hitendra Patil
Pransform

The shared economy, contingent workforce, millennials’ preference for work-life balance, the cloud, artificial intelligence, big data. Everything is converging to disrupt traditional business models of many industries and professions.

And accounting is not immune to disruption. On the contrary, accounting is ripe for disruption. Note carefully. It is all only “disruptive.” NOT “destructive.”

Riding the new reality, the undisputed leader of business social media – LinkedIn – is now leveraging its platform to help shared economy workers get new clients.

Meet ProFinder: Accountant’s New Opportunity  (and a New Threat?)