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Current global events have resulted in most employers of accountants and bookkeepers suddenly finding those ‘hard to fill’ roles have more qualified and suitable people applying to work with them than they ...

  Addressing the Risks of Unsupervised Candidate Testing – Zoom to the Rescue!   At Accountests, we like to share emerging innovative practices with our clients and the wider community of people who like mak...

  When a position vacancy arises, it provides an opportunity for you to review the needs and resources of the business and align staff skill sets to initiatives and goals. As part of the review process, an ...

Have you ever tried to hire auditors?  After 5+ years of talking to accounting firms about the challenges of hiring experienced accountants, we often hear recruiting managers telling us “We wish you had some...

Making the Most of Phone & Video Interviews  With current times requiring all of us to manage and minimize travel and face-to-face meetings, interviewing candidates on the phone, or using popular video s...

Referee Questions for Accountants  If you’re going to make reference checking a valuable exercise, you need to interview your referees as effectively as you interview your candidates, using a technique calle...

Writing a job ad is just like writing any advertisement. If you take theanalogy that the job is your product and the job seekers are your customers,you need to make a compelling case for why they should take time to applyfor your vacancy when so many employers are competing to get your candidates attention.

To become great business and win trust you not only need to provide great service, but you need to be customer-centric in everything you do.

It's a great problem to have, but how do you choose between 2 top candidates?

Can AI replace humans in making decisions in recruitment?  It appears not yet.

We wrote this article for for the IAB  newsletter to help UK based Bookkeeping Firms hire better bookkeepers