Most firms get decent marks for providing a reasonably clear and attractive career model for their people -- folks know what the rungs on the ladder look like and what they need to do to climb it. They also offer an appealing, if often undifferentiated, value proposition to their employees that embodies what professionals receive in return for staying and contributing. Firms that get both these things right will have a reasonably good outcome in attracting, training and retaining the professionals they need to succeed.

The majority of small and midsize businesses in the U.S. are not seeing enough demand to expand their hiring this year, according to a new survey by Sage North America.

Employees are more likely to receive recognition from CFOs at small businesses as opposed to larger businesses, a new survey suggests.

CFOs have lowered their projections for hiring and are increasingly concerned about health care reform and the fate of the Eurozone, according to a new survey.

A continued conversation with Marcum’s Nanette Lee Miller and Janis Cowhey McDonagh about the obstacles women in the accounting profession face when trying to make their way into leadership positions.

Marcum’s Nanette Lee Miller and Janis Cowhey McDonagh sat down with managing editor Tamika Cody to discuss some of the obstacles women in the accounting profession face when trying to make their way into leadership positions.

Chief financial offers have grown significantly more confident in the U.S. economy over the past year, according to the 2013 Spring CFO Survey from Grant Thornton, which found that almost half (45 percent) of respondents believe it will improve during the next six months.

ADP is enhancing its ADP Tax Credits software to help companies capture Work Opportunity Tax Credits for hiring employees.

Lots more partnering to discuss this week as well as my take on a certain cloud ERP vendor's impending annual meeting of customers and resellers.

Senate Appropriations Committee chair Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., urged Internal Revenue Service Acting Commissioner Steven T. Miller to do more to keep unscrupulous payroll service providers from cheating small businesses out of unremitted withholding taxes during an IRS budget hearing.

CompuPay, Inc., a BenefitMall Company, has formed a channel partnership with open source ERP product maker Open Systems, which will provide its resellers and end users access to CompuPay’s PayrollOnline service.

CFOs who are hiring accounting and finance staff are looking beyond accounting skills, according to a new survey.

ConvergenceCoaching co-founder and partner Jennifer Wilson talks with Accounting Today senior editor Danielle Lee about how female accountants can position themselves better for a promotion at their firms.

ConvergenceCoaching co-founder and partner Jennifer Wilson talks with Accounting Today senior editor Danielle Lee about why women need to have the courage to speak up about their concerns about work/life issues such as child care at their firms.

The unemployment rate fell a tenth of a percentage point to 7.5 percent, the lowest rate in five years, as employers added 165,000 jobs in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Index above 15,000 points.

Bill.com has hired former Intuit customer insights leader Julie Lubetkin as vice president of its accountant channel.

Small business employment in the U.S. increased in April, according to figures from Intuit, while average compensation and the hours worked decreased.

Private sector employers added only 119,000 jobs in April, according to payroll giant ADP, indicating a slowdown in employment perhaps caused by the increase in payroll taxes and effects from the budget sequester in Washington.

Jennifer Wilson, co-founder and partner of ConvergenceCoaching, discusses with Accounting Today senior editor Danielle Lee what's holding back women from leadership roles at major accounting firms in the context of Sheryl Sandberg's book "Lean In."

Staff from PKF Texas share their perspectives on the differences between the generations