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​When it comes to selling your value to a recruitment company like Hedley Scott Recruitment and the clients we work for, there are a few pivotal documents. The humble resume is one, followed by your LinkedIn profile. As LinkedIn is the biggest social business network outside China, with 850 million members listed, it is more crucial than ever to leverage the opportunities ...

​When most accounting professionals think about the complexity of interviewing, they focus on the challenges facing the person being interviewed. However, the hiring manager hosting the interview has hurdles to overcome too. From avoiding unconscious bias to selling your candidates on the idea of working with your accounting company, there are several important points to ke...

​Recruiting for the accounting industry is becoming increasingly complex. Talented professionals have more opportunities available to them than ever before, particularly as remote working continues to thrive. At the same time, the “Great Resignation” is placing brands under increasing pressure, with more gaps to fill and more demands from potential candidates. The only way t...

​Productivity is one of the most important ingredients in a successful accounting business. However, achieving and preserving productivity isn’t always easy. While some teams in your workforce may consistently achieve their targets and maintain high levels of motivation, others might struggle to access the same level of focus. Fortunately, productivity is something your te...

​Video interviews are here to stay. Convenient, easily accessible, and cost-effective, a video interview can be an ideal alternative to a face-to-face conversation. Currently, around 84% of recruiters say they’ve begun including virtual hiring tools like video interviews in their processes. The question for accounting candidates is, how do you make sure you’re making the ri...

​Is your Resume ATS Friendly? The first step in being recruited into an accounting role is getting your customised RESUME before a hiring manager or recruiter. Unfortunately, this process isn't always as simple as it seems. As accounting companies look for ways to simplify and digitise the hiring process, many are turning to technology for help. A.T.S. systems, or Applica...

​Diversity and experiencing inclusion have never been more important to Accounting employees. Now more than ever, the top talent in your industry wants to work with companies capable of offering diverse, flexible, and empathetic working environments. The concept of D.E.I. (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) is a major factor in determining which candidates are likely to appl...

​How to Manage Your Mental Health in the Accounting Sector this Year ​​​Mental health issues are on the rise. Even before the pandemic, mental health-related illnesses were the most common cause of long-term absences in economies around the globe. Stress, anxiety, and work-related depression accounted for 54% of working days lost pre-pandemic. What's more, mental health cond...

​Convincing an Accounting hiring manager of your competence in an interview relies heavily on confidence. After you’ve captured the attention of a recruitment team with a compelling cover letter and resume, the interview is your opportunity to seal the deal. Unfortunately, whether you’re interacting over video or face-to-face, the pressure to make the right first impression ...

​Why Your Accounting Star Might Resign This YearHolding onto your accounting talent is becoming increasingly difficult. Over the last couple of years, changes in the workplace and the rising threat of the pandemic have prompted thousands of accounting employees to reconsider their roles. A record 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs in November 2021, and similar resignat...

​You’ve been offered a new Accounting role – congratulations! There are a few things to do now, firstly, to celebrate and inform your current employers of your resignation. The second is to think about how you’re going to make a success of your new role. You know you have the right skills, abilities and experience that your new employer is looking for, so you can relax on t...

Applying for a new role, and going through the recruitment process can be a daunting task for even the most experienced accounting professional. Interview nerves affect most people, but they can make the recruitment process more stressful than it needs to be for you, the candidate. Your next job might be the start of something amazing – so naturally, you will want to imp...

​Naturally, we all go through periods of having exciting projects on at work which make us fall in love with our roles again; and times when finding motivation is harder. But if the thought of the end of the weekend and another week in work fills you with dread, this could be a sign that something is seriously wrong. Either you’ve outgrown your accounting role, your workpl...

​The quality of your resume can mean the difference between being stuck in a role with no prospects or being offered a great new position. Your resume is still the first thing clients ask for and will be the decider between getting an interview and being left out of the recruitment process. The resume has been around for hundreds of years, and over time it has changed and ...

As we are now living in a world that has been changed by the pandemic, your employee retention strategy must be better than ever. A pre-pandemic Retention Report by the Work Institue (2019) found that “one in three workers would voluntarily leave their job by 2023”. And this has only increased due to significant shifts in the market due to Covid-19. The effects of the pande...

The world of work has changed dramatically in recent years, and the pandemic has heightened awareness for the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Recently, there has been an increased realisation from employers that they need to be doing more to promote diversity and inclusion. A recent CIPD survey found that two-fifths of employers said that they believe...

​When it’s time to interview the shortlist of candidates for your vacancy, you need all the help you can get to ensure you eventually make the ‘right’ hire. Interviewing is a skill, and just because you are in a managerial position, that doesn’t mean that interviewing comes naturally to you. Likewise, just because you’ve been interviewing for years, this doesn’t mean that y...

​As an accounting professional, it’s essential that you hire individuals into your team who will thrive, which in turn allows your business to grow. The ‘right’ hire can make all the difference, just as hiring someone who isn’t exactly what you’re looking for can be harmful to your team and ultimately your success. No business wants to spend any more time, resources or reve...

​In our post-Covid world, having a strong talent pipeline is more crucial than ever. And the skills shortage that was present in almost every industry pre-Covid is still threatening organisational growth. When you’re recruiting, it’s not about the number of people you can attract to your business; it’s about the quality of these candidates. Even with the perceived increase ...

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Attracting Talented Employees   When you are a small company with limited resources, it is never easy to attract the key people needed to push your business over the hump and onto the next growth phase.    While being small has its advantages, one clear disadvantage is when small companies try to compete with larger ones for similar ta...