What is a Financial Analyst? 

A financial analyst provides informed financial insight to businesses and individual investors regarding the market and economic trends. They must identify and forecast future risks and trends based on the current and past markets. Their reports offer strategy and guidance that is data-driven, carefully researched, and organized.  A financial analyst typically spends his day doing…

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6 Tips for Boosting Your Credit Score in 2024

Good credit scores may seem elusive and mysterious, but they’re a measurable system establishing financial reliability. A three-digit number ranging from 300 to 850, your credit score is a “grade” that informs potential lenders how risky it is to lend money to you. Consequently, you should consistently work to improve and maintain your credit score.…

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Advancing Your Accounting and Finance Career

The good news about an accounting and finance career is that it will always be in demand. Job security is unrivaled. The bad news is that falling into an accounting and finance rut is as easy as in any other career. Job security sometimes lures professionals into nonchalance and a fixed mindset, thus halting your…

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Ensuring Clients Are the Right Fit for Your Firm  

It might be tempting to bring on as many new clients as possible, especially in the early days of expanding your firm. However, once you have been in the industry long enough, you learn — either from personal or second-hand experience — how quickly client relationships can sour. “Red-flag” clients cost more energy and frustration…

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An Overview of Financial Accounting

Accounting is a broad field. However, there is a myriad of varying spheres within accounting. One of these is financial accounting, a specific accounting branch that gathers, prepares, and reports a company’s financial transactions. It involves a series of financial statements shared externally and used to determine an organization’s or company’s financial health. The creation…

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Potential Interview Questions for an Accounting Position 

When interviewing for an accounting and finance position, it’s wise to come prepared with an idea of what you might be asked and how you will answer. The industry requires a high degree of technical and soft skills –recruiters look for both during the interview.  Here are questions you might be asked in your upcoming interview…

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Responding to The Great Resignation 

Undoubtedly, COVID-19 shook the world to its core. The aftershocks continue as employers are now facing what is being called the “Great Resignation.” The Bureau of Labor has reported absolute records of voluntary workplace separations. People are straight-up quitting –handing in their notices in search of brighter stars on the horizon.  The statistics have remained…

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3 Benefits of Hiring Interim Leaders for Your Firm  

It has become increasingly popular to bring on interim executives as temporary alternatives to permanent C-suite hires.  Interim executives are precisely what they sound like — a temporary, executive-level leader. Various reasons can spark the need for hiring an interim leader, such as – An unexpected departure in management.  A significant transition within the company.…

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The Great Resignation

The Great Resignation. It’s the latest term to hit the airways since coined by Anthony Klotz of Texas A&M University, but before you ‘grab the bull by the horns, take time to understand it.  Before the pandemic hit, an alarming number of people were disengaged with their jobs –more than 65%, but most just kept…

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Pros and Cons of Temporary Hiring

Temporary Hiring

Have you ever considered temporary hiring for your business? As reported by the American Staffing Association, approximately “17 million Americans currently work as temporary workers, contract workers, consultants, freelancers, seasonal workers, and interns”. That is a phenomenal upward trend since 1946, when businessperson William Russell Kelly launched the first temporary staffing agency. Pros of Temporary…

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