All teams need motivation, no matter how accomplished or talented they are. When done effectively, motivation simply enhances and amplifies the best qualities your team already possesses. Unfortunately, effectively motivating your team can be difficult and time consuming. If you’re trying to spur your team to be more productive, efficient, cooperative, and innovative, try out… Read more »
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Unemployed? 5 Things You Should be Doing with Your Downtime
When you’re unemployed, it’s tempting to spend a few hours a day looking for work and then use the rest of your time enjoying the reprieve from a job. And while this is a rare and worthwhile opportunity to decompress from the stress of a steady 40-hour work week, you need to spend your downtime… Read more »
Building Your Accounting Team: 5 Ways to Attract Millennials
With waves of baby boomers approaching or exceeding retirement age, companies across industries – including accounting – need to get serious about recruiting the next generation of professionals. But even more than being a necessity, reaching out to a younger generation of accountants can help you bring fresh ideas, cutting-edge perspectives, and youthful enthusiasm into… Read more »
Why Background Checks are VITAL for Cyber Security Candidates
Running a background check is now considered a standard part of the pre-employment screening process. And while they are important and worthwhile in all fields, they are especially important when vetting cyber security candidates. If this is not a part of your recruitment process already, you are exposing your company and your clients to an… Read more »
5 Things You Are Doing Today that are Preventing You From Getting a Job Offer
If you have been struggling to find a job, you might be your own worst enemy. Certain behaviors and character traits raise red flags for employers, and you may be impeding your hiring eligibility without even knowing it. Take some time for self reflection and look for these five characteristics. You Don’t Stand Out… Read more »
Are Your All-Stars Thinking of Leaving? Three Ways to Retain Your Top Accountants
The competition for top talent is fierce. Companies actively court the best and brightest because they have a significantly greater impact on the success of an organization than someone from the rank and file. In essence, these professionals are in the driver’s seat of their career, and they can jump between companies and assignments at… Read more »
Corporate Influence Sparks New Debate in the Open Source Community
Silicon Valley has long been a funnel for astounding amounts of venture capital financing. In the year 2000, upstart investors poured $9 million into the region’s tech companies in a single quarter. That was in the halycon days before the dot com bubble burst, but venture capitalists remain just as committed to Silicon Valley as… Read more »
The “Human Factor” of Cyber Security – Part 3
We have been writing for several weeks now about the human rather than technological side of cyber security. In part one we described ways to effectively train staff about cyber security. In part two we told you about the kinds of human errors that invite cyber security risks. In this third and final section, we’d… Read more »
The Squires Group, Inc. Announces Five New Hires
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (June 17, 2015) – The Squires Group, Inc. (TSGi) today announced the hiring of five new team members – Berry Sprague as an Account Manager, DelVenus Sanders as an Accounting Specialist, Jessica Point-du-Jour as a Resource Management Assistant, Julie Kreidel as a Resource Manager and Rachel Miller as a Contracts Assistant. Berry Sprague… Read more »
Venture Capitalists Remain Committed to Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley has long been a funnel for astounding amounts of venture capital financing. In the year 2000, upstart investors poured $9 million into the region’s tech companies in a single quarter. That was in the halycon days before the dot com bubble burst, but venture capitalists remain just as committed to Silicon Valley as… Read more »