For the Internal Revenue Service to stay in business, it needs a youth bomb. More than half its employees are over 50 years old.

McGladrey's chief economist expects that the Friday release of unemployment figures will reveal a drop in headline unemployment to 5.4 percent.

Better processes are needed to reduce the risks of employment tax fraud, according to a new government report.

Employers added 189,000 jobs in March, according to payroll giant ADP, in a sign of softening in the labor market, mainly due to the decline in oil prices and surge in the value of the dollar.

MarksNelson pushes its female staff to shatter the glass ceiling

I once had a client who felt he was getting ripped off by his salespeople padding their expenses. I found this out by walking into his office and finding his desk and credenza overloaded with files halfway up to the ceiling.

Finding qualified staff requires firms to be more proactive than ever

The accounting profession is facing a period of upheaval as Baby Boomers retire and firms experience mergers and leadership shifts, according to a new report.

Finding and retaining top talent is challenging for employers across every industry, including the accounting profession.

During the last month and a half the following occurred: Tom Brady and the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl. There is this dress on Facebook and nobody can figure out the color of it. The East Coast has been pounded by snow, and the West Coast will wait another year for winter along with the rain to arrive.

Whether you are graduating from college with a degree in accounting, or moving into the profession from an established career, the first position you will most likely hold in an accounting firm is that of staff accountant.

More accountants like to solve problems than crunch numbers, according to a new survey.

As CPAs, we usually live in a world of absolutes.

A significant number of companies are anticipating an increase in open accounting and finance positions in the second quarter of this year, according to the Chicago-based staffing firm Brilliant.

The accounting profession has long grappled with the question of how to diversify its ranks to provide better representation of women and minorities, particularly in the upper echelons of firms.

Accounting Today’s Top 100 Firms and Regional Leaders shared their strategies of how they retain top talent. You’ll find that some firms are focused on employees' health and some are providing staff with dry cleaning delivery services.

Accounting Today’s Top 100 Firms and Regional Leaders shared their strategies onhow they attract new talent to their firm. Some firms are shelling out the dough with sweet recruitment bonuses and reimbursement programs, while others are beefing up their search at colleges and universities.

Financial Accounting Foundation president and CEO Terri Polley sits down with Accounting Today managing editor Tamika Cody to share how the foundation plans to attract more people of color to the profession and why the FAF teamed up with the National Association of Black Accountants.

Compensation for management accounting and finance professionals rose by an average of 7.1 percent last year, according to a new survey, but some specialties received raises while others saw their salaries remain stagnant.

Too many accounting firms don’t engage enough with new staff