How To Fill Vacancies In Your Firm

“The accounting profession stands at a precipice.” – a suitable opening statement from the Staffing Strategies report by the Center For Accounting Transformation.   

This recent research has some insights for firms – what strategies are firms using to close their own talent gaps.  And retain good people.  What is working and what isn’t. 

Download the article Staffing Strategies - Center for Transformation. 

The findings indicate most firms recognize they have issues with burnout from high workloads, but at the same time consider they have good collegiality in their teams.  Coping strategies include the usual suspects of better hiring, offshoring, managing demand (not taking on work) and use of technology. 
  

Focusing on the hiring aspects – firms that felt they had success were: 

There is nothing radical here.  BUT, when was the last time as a leadership team you critically evaluated your approach across these 5 areas.  You might be doing well in 2 or even 3 of these, but undoubtedly there will be room for improvement.
   

So add ‘How We Fill Vacancies’ to your next meeting agenda.  And dig into the rest of the Staffing Strategies report to see further insights on improving retention.