College graduates are entering the workforce this month and are finding opportunities in some sectors, particularly finance and accounting.

The effects of the Affordable Care Act may be weighing less heavily on the hiring plans of U.S. privately held companies this year, according to a survey of accountants who work with small businesses.

Planning is a trait of most accountants including me. Maybe that is one reason we become accountants. I always seemed to write out plans—for myself, partners, staff and sometimes personal activities.

Keeping your staff happy and feeling appreciated is one of the primary challenges facing accounting managers today.

A task force at the American Institute of CPAs is urging CPAs to embrace new ways of learning and professional development to compete better in a rapidly evolving global marketplace.

American Institute of CPAs president and CEO Barry Melancon discussed the need for greater diversity at CPA firms as efforts at greater inclusion seem to be running into some headwinds.

Adaptive Professional Solutions has debuted an online marketplace for temporary accounting and finance staffing.

AccountantsWorld president Jeff Gramlich discusses pricing pressures, competition for talent, commoditization, cloud technology and other challenges confronting accountants over the next five years, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

If you have been reading these Art of Accounting articles, you probably know some of my early work history, but I will reiterate it here and complete it.

Senior financial executives are becoming more involved in the oversight of human resource functions, at least up in Canada, that is.

Consulting may be an attractive career move for CFOs who may not be ready to stop working when they retire, according to a new poll.

Making partner at a Big Four accounting firm in the United Kingdom is no longer a privilege enjoyed only by those born in wealthy families, according to a new academic study.

I was lucky to get my second job in accounting, but I received a salary that was $5 lower than my first job (which I had been fired from), so I took the job.

The Institute of Management Accountants is hoping to prepare more accounting students for careers in industry.

Jobs at small businesses increased last month, with Washington State leading the way along with the Mountain region of the country, according to payroll provider Paychex and the research firm IHS.

Private sector employers added 220,000 jobs in April, in a sign of a more robust economy taking shape, according to the latest employment report from payroll giant ADP.

I interviewed professionals in charge of human resources at reputable accounting firms to find out how they successfully manage and motivate accounting professionals. I’m confident that if you read on, you’ll learn a thing or two.

Deloitte vice chairman and chief inclusion officer Deb DeHaas discusses the firm's efforts to expand its hiring of military veterans, in an interview with AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn.

Early on in my career, I was assigned to work with a manager on a half dozen monthly clients.

As a tax preparation business owner for more than 30 years, Chuck McCabe considers his success due in part to being proactive in structuring his business policies and procedures.