When you’re up against candidates with similar financial backgrounds, it’s important to be conscientious in how you market yourself as you apply for financial jobs. Your application materials are your first opportunity to make a positive impression on hiring managers, so slow down and ensure you are portraying yourself in an effective manner – avoid ...
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Email may be a quick and easy form of professional communication, but it still requires thought and attention to detail. With so many flooded inboxes among your colleagues, leaders, and employees, you need to craft your emails with intention so your key points don’t go unnoticed or get misconstrued. Make your email sound better with ...
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Branding isn’t just about marketing for companies or products. Personal branding applies the same principles of determining the perception you want people to have of you, and then taking steps to maintain that image. As an accountant, personal branding can be what sets you apart from your competitors and makes your clients want to give ...
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Starting a new job can feel like being the new kid in school, even as an experienced financial professional. It’s perfectly normal and to be expected that it will take time to acclimate to a new work environment. However, when you’re in the midst of feeling like you don’t align with the culture, even though ...
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You work hard to serve your clients throughout the year, and while they are likely grateful for what you do for them, that gratitude goes both ways. Because of your clients giving your firm their business and selecting you above your competitors, you are able to be a successful business and achieve your objectives. Show ...
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The most successful finance professionals possess a combination of technical expertise, soft skills, and cultural fit. It isn’t a matter of chance to hire top talent – you can gather objective insight by strategically crafting your interview questions to uncover the most crucial information. Here are 11 questions you should be asking your finance candidates:

Expanding your business’s social circle is beneficial for a variety of reasons: it can help with branding, increase word-of-mouth client referrals, and attract top talent to want to work for you. However, to reap these benefits, you have to make your social presence just as much of a priority as other business initiatives. Grow your ...
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Hiring managers tend to be interested in candidates’ motivators because it provides insight into their personality, work ethic, and what type of employee they’re likely to be. However, this broad nature of this question may catch you off guard during an interview simply because it isn’t something you may necessarily know off the top of ...
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It happens from time to time: You have a successful company, people seem happy and content to stay, and then seemingly out of the blue, one of your top employees comes to tell you that she’s leaving. What could make her want to move on? Does it involve the manager (as the saying goes)? The ...
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Even if the individuals comprising your accounting and finance staff each have differing responsibilities, it’s important that they identify as part of an overall team. At some point, even the most seemingly autonomous roles require collaboration with another person to finalize a process or project. Here are some tricks to get your accounting and finance ...
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