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Do Candidates Using AI Get an Unfair Advantage?
Do Candidates Using AI Get an Unfair Advantage?

By Giles Pearson on Jul 01, 2025

When reviewing resumes (CVs), hiring managers may overlook the growing influence of AI. Job seekers are increasingly using AI tools to tailor their resumes to specific job ads—often by uploading both the job description and their own CV to platforms like ChatGPT for optimization suggestions. This raises concerns about authenticity, especially when 70% of candidates already admit to lying on resumes.

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Credentials Look Good. Competence Looks Better.
Credentials Look Good. Competence Looks Better.

By Donna Roughan on Jun 26, 2025

The blog concludes that employers should focus less on credentials and more on testing actual skills and job readiness, using assessments to make fairer, data-driven hiring decisions. In today’s job market, capability outweighs academic qualifications.

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Hiring a Remote Senior Tax Associate.  Easy?
Hiring a Remote Senior Tax Associate. Easy?

By Giles Pearson on Jun 12, 2025

The blog emphasizes that customer questions often reflect wider concerns—many people share the same questions. This week’s focus was on a client who had experienced a failed hire for a remote tax senior position and wanted to avoid repeating that mistake.

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Easy Ways To Avoid A Bad Hire In Public Accounting
Easy Ways To Avoid A Bad Hire In Public Accounting

By Giles Pearson on Apr 15, 2025

In public accounting, hiring the wrong person doesn't just lead to financial loss—it causes partner stress and harms team morale. Drawing on 25 years of experience, the blog introduces a Bad Hire Calculator, which helps firms quantify the true cost of hiring mistakes based on specific internal practices (e.g., use of recruiters, firing timeline).

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Make Your Business Stand Out To Job Candidates
Make Your Business Stand Out To Job Candidates

By Steve Evans on Apr 02, 2025

This blog emphasizes the importance of creating a standout first impression to attract and secure top accounting talent, even when the job itself is similar to others on the market. It outlines three simple, zero-cost steps to set your firm apart.

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Getting Graduate Hiring, Onboarding & Retention Right First Time
Getting Graduate Hiring, Onboarding & Retention Right First Time

By Steve Evans on Feb 12, 2025

Getting graduate recruitment right has been a hot topic for decades and the subject of countless studies by Occupational Psychologists.  Univers...

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Hiring Better Admin, Processing & Support Staff Quickly & Cheaply
Hiring Better Admin, Processing & Support Staff Quickly & Cheaply

By Steve Evans on Jan 13, 2025

The blog emphasizes the importance of testing and assessment in hiring decisions, particularly for support-level roles that are often overlooked despite their significant impact on business operations. While businesses commonly invest in assessments for middle-level roles (e.g., managers, accountants), and sometimes neglect higher-level roles due to overreliance on track records, they rarely assess support staff, citing cost concerns.

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Fulfilling your Succession Plans & Promising Staff’s Career Goals
Fulfilling your Succession Plans & Promising Staff’s Career Goals

By Steve Evans on Sep 17, 2024

The blog discusses the importance of succession planning and developing future leaders in accounting firms, particularly guiding aspiring staff into senior management or partnership roles. It emphasizes that career development is a long-term process that requires careful planning and measurement.

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Is AI Empowering or Frustrating Your Hiring?
Is AI Empowering or Frustrating Your Hiring?

By Giles Pearson on Jul 30, 2024

A typical hiring process that incorporates AI tools like ChatGPT for drafting job descriptions and refining resumes and cover letters. The process begins with the creation of a job description, followed by advertising the job and receiving applications, some of which are enhanced by AI. This leads to variable quality in applications.

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Gen Z's Shift Towards Finance: Prioritizing Good Pay and Job Stability
Gen Z's Shift Towards Finance: Prioritizing Good Pay and Job Stability

By Donna Roughan on May 15, 2024

From TikTok to non-profit organizations, Gen Zers opt for a wide range of career paths, marked by flexibility and creativity. However, it seems tha...

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Thrown to the Sharks: The Perils of Unpreparedness in the Accounting Deep End
Thrown to the Sharks: The Perils of Unpreparedness in the Accounting Deep End

By Donna Roughan on Mar 06, 2024

An accounting graduate, transparent about their lack of experience, faces overwhelming tasks and no support in a residential remodeling company. This illustrates the repercussions of inadequate hiring practices and the necessity for comprehensive onboarding and training programs to prevent stress on employees and risks to business integrity.

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Candidates Don't Drop Out Because of Assessment
Candidates Don't Drop Out Because of Assessment

By Giles Pearson on Feb 27, 2024

Explore the advantages of incorporating pre-employment assessments in accounting and bookkeeping firms' hiring practices. Research indicates that candidates who perform well in assessments are more inclined to complete them, enabling firms to pinpoint high-quality applicants efficiently, thus enhancing the hiring process.

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