For many CPAs, accountants and other financial professionals, the busy season is right around the corner. While we all knew when we chose this profession that busy season is a fact of life, it doesn’t make it any more tolerable. Our work hours are extended. In most cases, more work

Our busiest time of the year is fast approaching. Whether you are in public accounting or private industry you may soon be in your most stressful and overwhelming time of the year. In public accounting work, you may have year-end audits or tax returns to prepare for your clients. In

You are the owner, CEO or Executive Director of a small company. You just learned that your current CFO/Controller, your top accounting & financial professional, has decided to leave your company. This person has been with you for over 10 years and has done a reasonably good job. During that

Either you have an executive on board that is just not cutting it, or you’ve just learned that you have an employee who is leaving. In either case, you have to replace the incumbent with someone new. Perhaps because of the confidentiality of the situation, or maybe because you need

The interview process may change with every candidate. What’s important to know, is which interview process you will be using. Here are some tips on the interview processes and participants. A Bottoms Up Process. In a bottoms up interview process, the hiring coordinator does the initial screening. Department heads follow.