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Create a Standout LinkedIn Profile
A standout LinkedIn profile can help you showcase your skills, experiences, and accomplishments, while also expanding your professional network. In this resource, we’ve shared tips for creating an impressive LinkedIn profile that captures the attention of hiring managers and helps you stand out in the accounting field. Choose a high-quality profile photo Your profile photo…
How to Boost Engagement & Morale with a Remote Team
How we work has significantly changed in the last four years. To start, many employees now want a more permanent remote or hybrid-working arrangement. At the very least, flexible working where they work from home when needed, which employers will soon be legally required to accommodate. While this might not be a difficult feat for…
Your Guide to Job Interview Preparation
Congratulations, you’ve secured that interview! We know you must feel both excited and nervous, which is completely natural. That is why you need to be as prepared as possible. Preparation will help you feel comfortable and confident during an interview, contributing hugely to your potential success. To support you on the next step of your…
Smart Strategies for Hiring a Bookkeeper
All right, accountancy practice owners, let’s talk about a pivotal step in scaling your practice: expanding your business from being just you… to bringing a bookkeeper on board. As your practice grows, so will your responsibilities, and entrusting bookkeeping tasks to a dedicated professional can be a game-changer. Let’s explore the benefits, capacity considerations, how…
Podcast: Secrets of Hiring Well, Career Progression and Networking Like a Boss with Heather Townsend
Welcome back to Counting On Success and the final episode of our first series. We’ve finished the series with author, business coach and The Accountants Recruiter co-founder, Heather Townsend! In this episode, Heather does some stereotype myth busting and gets real with us about: The right (but often difficult to accept) hiring strategy for small businesses…
5 Ways to Prevent New Starters From Quitting
You may be wondering why you would need to prevent your new starter from quitting – but did you know that 90% of employees decide whether to stay at a company within the first six months of employment? And that as much as 22% of employee turnover happens within the first 45 days of employment?…
Podcast: Benefits of Behavioural Profiling for Recruitment
Have you ever wondered why some hires work out and why others don’t? It all comes down to fit, but not just of skills and experience – behaviours and preferences also matter when getting the right person in the right seat. In the fifth episode of our series, Donna and Yasmine dive into behavioural profiling…
Podcast: Evergreen Accountancy Recruitment & Hiring Trends for 2024
Food for thought: There is no real ideal time to put your hiring strategy in place, but having the right foundations in place will support your recruitment journey. In this episode, we delve into evergreen recruitment trends and what to consider as you hire, not just in 2024, but beyond. In this episode, Donna and…
Unveiling Quiet Quitting: Strategies to Recognise & Reverse Employee Disengagement
Does it seem like your employees are slipping away unnoticed? Do you struggle to retain talent and keep your team motivated? If the answer is yes, then you might be facing a problem known as quiet quitting. In this blog post, we’ll share what quiet quitting is, why it’s become more common, and, importantly, how…
Podcast: Hiring Based on Reality of Skill with Giles Pearson of Accountests
Welcome back to Counting On Success. In our next episode, Donna and Yasmine chat with Giles Pearson from Accountests, an accountancy skills testing company based in New Zealand. Having spent his 25-year accounting career training and then as a partner with a regional New Zealand office of what is now PWC, Giles started Accountests to address…