The unemployment rate for senior accountants and auditors is a relatively low 4.1 percent.

More firms are seeing the advantages of having a payroll practice

Accountants may be thought of as numbers people, but we can never forget that people aren’t numbers. As an industry it’s time for all of us to direct our focus to our young talented professionals.

Paychex Inc. has enhanced BuildMyBiz.com, an online resource for entrepreneurs and small business owners that includes a number of new features that provide updated resources to entrepreneurs and give them the ability to tap into a large pool of useful information.

Free online accounting software maker Wave Accounting has released the U.S. edition of Wave Payroll, its cloud-based payroll offering designed for small businesses.

Staffing company Accounting Principals has released its new 2013 salary guide, showing how much money finance and accounting professionals are earning around the country.

Paychex Inc. launched the redesign of its Paychex Accountant Knowledge Center, a free online resource available through the Paychex website that was designed to provide information and time saving online tools to accounting professionals.

Payroll and 1099 tax software product maker PayrollMate.com has released a vendor and 1099 management module for Payroll Mate, its flagship payroll processing product.

ADP has added human resources features to its RUN Powered by ADP payroll platform that allow clients to store, manage and access employee information and frequently used forms and reports.

An estimated 2.1 million workers are in danger of losing their unemployment insurance by the end of the year without congressional action.

CCH Small Firm Services and Burlington, Vt.-based Evolution by iSystems have partnered to offer payroll services to tax and accounting professionals using the Evolution Payroll, HR and tax management system.

The average paycheck size at small businesses declined 0.2 percent in October, while month-over-month hiring also fell 0.1 percent, according to payroll provider SurePayroll.

After a significant setback in September hiring at small businesses, the jobs situation appeared to be stabilizing in October, according to payroll figures from CBIZ.

Payroll giant ADP reported that hiring in the financial activities sector increased by 9,000 in October.

"The Millennial Generation will entirely recast the image of youth from downbeat and alienated to upbeat and engaged -- with potentially seismic consequences for America."

Social networks and virtual events join college campuses as recruiting locations

Despite a challenging job market, the unemployment rate for senior accountants and auditors is a relatively low 4.1 percent, according to Robert Half Finance & Accounting.

Payroll giant ADP is partnering with Moody’s Analytics and Moody’s influential chief economist Mark Zandi on producing its monthly ADP National Employment Report.

Long-time Sage North America partner RKL eSolutions has hired new staff consisting to support its growing Sage ERP X3 business, while adding cloud-ERP and financial management NetSuite to its product listings.

Paychex Inc. has launched the Paychex Report Center, a new resource designed to allow businesses, their accounting professionals, and employees to better manage payroll, benefits, and human resources data.