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Time to Revisit Transparent Interviews?
Time to Revisit Transparent Interviews?

By Emily Le Grys on Jun 15, 2022

In our continued world of candidate scarcity, I and most of my clients are regularly reviewing selection/vetting processes to ensure they are as effective as possible in screening candidates, which led me to revisit the Transparent Interview. Soft substitute for ‘real’ interviews, or fair and reliable way of consistently measuring a candidate’s performance?

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Businesses Regret Half of New Hires
Businesses Regret Half of New Hires

By Emily Le Grys on May 18, 2022

International recruitment consultancy Robert Half reported that 46% of the businesses surveyed to develop a recently released report had made a bad hire in the past 12 months, with small businesses feeling the greatest impact.

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How to Hire a Bookkeeper - 3 Tips
How to Hire a Bookkeeper - 3 Tips

By Emily Le Grys on May 11, 2022

A good education and an outstanding performance during interview does not equate to a high performing individual. In order to gauge a candidate’s abilities, you need meaningful data. The following three tips will help to keep your recruitment process focused on the data that matters, reduce the effects of bias, and uncover each candidate’s true capabilities.

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Assessing Accounting Firm Candidate Commitment
Assessing Accounting Firm Candidate Commitment

By Emily Le Grys on Apr 27, 2022

We’ve recently been hearing more and more about the topic of “candidate commitment” from clients who are dealing with candidates pulling out of final-stage selection processes. You know who I mean; the candidates that seem really interested in a role, say all of the right things and then at the last moment, when you offer them the job, they decide they’re not interested. 

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How Well Do You Treat Your Accounting Graduate Applicants?
How Well Do You Treat Your Accounting Graduate Applicants?

By Emily Le Grys on Apr 13, 2022

The last year of university is stressful, for the students… and their parents. Just a couple of years ago both my daughters, in their final year of studies, were applying for graduate positions. After dealing with late-night requests to read applications, tears, frustration and finally elation when they received an offer the process has gave me an insight into what works, and what doesn’t.

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Top Tips for Stay Interviews
Top Tips for Stay Interviews

By Emily Le Grys on Mar 23, 2022

Check out this quick read to get real time tips for conduction stay interviews. You’ll also learn the best questions to ask to get to the core of what motivates your staff at work, how to encourage loyalty, and foster an attractive workplace culture

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Accountant Personality Test Gives Recruiters the Edge
Accountant Personality Test Gives Recruiters the Edge

By Emily Le Grys on Mar 17, 2022

A New Zealand company has developed a test for prospective accountants that can identify whether they are “backroom number-crunchers or strategic business advisers”.

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Managing Counter Offers
Managing Counter Offers

By Emily Le Grys on Mar 09, 2022

Managing candidate counter-offers can be tricky business. Check out these tips from Tara Waterman, Talent Manager at Principle People, to find out the best ways to successfully anticipate and manage counter-offers throughout the recruitment process.

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How to Break a Tie Between Two Top-Tier Candidates
How to Break a Tie Between Two Top-Tier Candidates

By Emily Le Grys on Mar 02, 2022

What do you do when two outstanding candidates are vying for the same position at your firm and they have been neck and neck throughout the recruitment process, how do you decide which person to hire? Here are four strategies to consider:

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Why Do Some Job Adverts Put Women Off Applying?
Why Do Some Job Adverts Put Women Off Applying?

By Emily Le Grys on Feb 22, 2022

This isn’t a twittersphere pointless rant on gender, but rather the findings of extensive research that could be putting fifty percent of the job seeking population off applying for your vacancy based on the words and phrases you use in your job advertisements and position descriptions. Accountants and bookkeepers are hard enough to find already, without unconsciously removing half of the applicant pool, so keep this article handy whenever you’re writing job advertisements.

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Qualifications vs. Experience: What's More Important?
Qualifications vs. Experience: What's More Important?

By Emily Le Grys on Feb 17, 2022

Choosing between qualifications versus work experience is often one of the most challenging decisions during the recruitment process, so it needs to be a decision made carefully. It’s best to consider both sides.

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Do You Measure How Ethical You Are?
Do You Measure How Ethical You Are?

By Emily Le Grys on Feb 09, 2022

Trust as the backbone of ethics in business is explored in the 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer Report and gives some fascinating insights into trust, specifically in the workplace. Transparency and ethical practice are front of mind for customers and colleagues alike.

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