SurePayroll has released the October edition of its Small Business Scorecard just in time for Halloween.

While some accounting firms are building better workplaces by surveying their employees, others are doing it by sending information back the other way.

Congratulations, you have posted that job opening to LinkedIn, CareerBuilder and every other website (or headhunter) you could conceivably think of. Now consider taking it down! Why?

When it comes to find ways to make your firm more attractive to employees, it makes sense to go straight to the horse’s mouth and ask your employees themselves.

5 firms share how they’ve made payroll a unique part of their practice

Welcome to 20 Days to a Better Firm! In this series of short daily articles, we’ll aim to show you how to make your practice a more attractive place for recruits and a place where current employees are more likely to stay.

ADP reported a pickup in wage growth for the private sector during the third quarter of the year, especially among younger workers switching jobs.

Let’s face it. Whether we are talking about water (especially in California), oil or time, we are all unfortunately limited by the resources available at our disposal.

If you haven’t figured it out yet, people who are dealing with issues outside of your office not only struggle to provide value from their role, but they inadvertently interrupt the value provided by your entire organization. There is a story whirling around the college football arena about this exact issue.

Finding qualified candidates is one of the main problems facing the accounting profession today, according to a recent survey by the American Institute of CPAs. Hiring managers and firm leaders need to understand how to identify the right candidates during an interview so they can train and develop those hires for long-term growth. Tom Gimbel, founder and CEO of LaSalle Network, a staffing and recruiting firm headquartered in Chicago, has seven tips to ensure firms identify the strongest candidates.

The pace of change in the CPA profession is getting faster, and not enough accountants are ready, according to New York State Society of CPAs executive director Joanne Barry.

More than half of small business owners are handling payroll, human resources and benefits administration by themselves, according to a new survey.

Attitudes toward work/life balance vary among accountants in different countries, according to a survey by the Institute of Management Accountants.

Between HBO’s Silicon Valley, news of tech startups going public at premium valuations, and the allure of all-inclusive corporate campuses, the tech industry has never been hotter. For accountants, opportunities in the sector promise a mix of enjoyable work environments, significant growth prospects, and a change into something more dynamic than traditional public accounting.

Amid a slowing global economy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that the U.S. added a lackluster 142,000 jobs in September, including 5,400 in accounting and bookkeeping services, leaving the unemployment rate unchanged at 5.1 percent.

Grant Thornton has rolled out a new benefit enhancement that will allow the firm’s employees to take time off as needed to meet their individual needs instead of a predetermined set of paid time off days.

Intuit’s monthly Small Business Indexes indicated small business employment remained unchanged in September, with employees paid slightly more while working slightly less throughout the month.

Paychex reported some softening in employment growth among small businesses last month.

Private sector employment increased by 200,000 in September, according to payroll giant ADP, in another sign of an improving economy, albeit with some negative indicators.

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