Hiring a new employee for your accounting firm? Here's what you should be looking for:
Finding a new employee for your accounting firm is an exciting time. You could find someone who could potentially change your income and workflow for the better. However, it can be hard to find that one perfect person that will suit your firm's culture, requirements and many other things.
If you are unsure how to find this candidate, here is what you should be looking for:
Their skills with technology
One of the first things to check are your candidates skills with accounting technology and their ability to learn new things. They should be efficient and have a good understanding of it.
Hobbies, old jobs and extracurricular activities
While your new employee should have all of the skills for the job - no matter which position it is - you should also look further than that and hire someone who has hobbies and interests and previous jobs that could prove useful in the future, did challenging things in school and so on.
What are they planning for the future?
Look for someone with a vision. For instance, someone who wants to take more courses to become even better at their job or someone that is continuously on top of the new trends and news in the accounting world, is ideal. This is the kind of employee that can really bring value to your company and a fresh outlook.
Team player skills
“If you want an employee that will fit in, you should pick someone who’s a good team player, not just someone who does his job and that’s it. The new employee should be able to work well with others, not causing any issues or fights. You can even test your candidates or look for evidence of their team player skills in their previous jobs and experiences, as far as they go,” says Olga Pensley, a recruitment manager at Bigassignments and Academized.
Their communicative skills
A person working in an accounting company needs to have good communication skills. They will have to speak to clients at some point and they should know how to deliver both positive and negative messages properly. Of course, not everyone is a good communicator but they should be aware of their issues and have a wish to improve.
Enthusiasm and passion for the job
You don’t need someone who just wants to work for money and nothing else. That way, you get a sour face and a bad mood every morning, which affects everyone, even you. However, if you pick someone who’s enthusiastic and happy to do something they love, then you can rely on them to bring some of that good spirit into the office.
Write a great job ad
One of the most important things when looking for an employee is the job ad that you write. This is where the candidates will get their information and where they will make a decision if this is the company for them or not. Grammar and spelling mistakes are not an option, and good writing with detailed and transparent information is mandatory:
- Grammarix is a grammar checker that will help you clear out all of your grammar mistakes. These make you look unprofessional.
- Ukservicesreviews and Topcanadianwriters are online editing tools which can help you remove all of the unimportant information from your job ad and leave only the most relevant in.
- Study demic is an online proofreading tool which works perfectly to remove your spelling mistakes and typos.
- Letsgoandlearn and Studentwritingservices are formatting tools that will help you create readable and understandable job ads.
Hiring new employees is difficult in every industry. Most companies nowadays have to fight to get the best candidates that can truly add value to their company. However, this doesn’t have to be so difficult as you can follow these tips and find the best employee for your company.
Author Bio: Freddie Tubbs is a recruitment consultant at Paper Fellows. He regularly attends tech and HR events, and writes columns for Revieweal and Australian reviewer blogs.