“It’s a fact: Organizations that prioritize business analytics perform better in the market.” Our Center of Excellence page opens with this simple, and yet powerful, sentence. So, what is the business of business analytics exactly? Here are a handful of definitions, thoughts and beliefs about business analytics that we love: “Tens of millions of connected …
The Power of Business Analytics
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Diversity and Inclusion Series: Hiring Managers’ 2021 Diversity and Inclusion Resolutions
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And, it’s time to make some resolutions for 2021. And while 2020 turned out to be the Year of….So Much (in recruiting and everywhere), perhaps one of the most essential things HR departments and recruiters have realized is how crucial it is to hire for diversity and …
The CPA Exam: Is It Worth It?
The Certified Public Accountant (CPA) examination was originally developed as a precursor to join the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the world’s largest member association representing the accounting profession. The test was an admissions requirement for membership. As reported by the Journal of Accountancy in their article, “What it was like to take …
9 Tips for First-Time Managers
Did you work your way up to management at your current employer? Did you leave one company for a job at another that puts you in a leadership role with direct reports? Either way, congratulations! And you’re probably a bit nervous, right? This is normal. You want to feel you can do the job, but …
The Intersect Group’s STEM Scholarship
Applications Accepted from December 15 – March 15 Recipients of four $3K college scholarships for fall 2021 to be announced in May The Intersect Group (TIG) offers four $3K scholarships for dependents of their employees, consultants, and clients who will be enrolled in college next year in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) field of study. TIG Consultants and Clients themselves are also …
Optimizing Accounting Technology for Ongoing Remote Work
Amidst the outbreak of COVID-19, technology has enabled accounting departments to join the ranks of other professionals working remotely. Unlike other fields, however, there is arguably more at stake should anything go wrong, making the importance of accounting and technology working seamlessly together all the more critical. Right now, it’s not only about ensuring accounts …
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The Great Debate: Project Consultant vs. Consulting Firm
Every organization has unique needs. To successfully meet those needs, a solution must be customized. Some situations will require the pre-created playbooks, horsepower and overhead of a large consulting firm. Other instances will call for one-off, hand-picked subject matter experts. The challenge, of course, is to know when you need which – or who – …
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Sourcing Older Candidates as Part of Your Recruiting Efforts
We have a question for you. Don’t think, just answer: when you think about diversity and inclusion in sourcing/recruiting, do older job candidates come to mind? Probably not. But, it should. Due to the many awareness efforts that have recently swept the nation, many employers have taken on the major task of entirely rethinking their hiring and sourcing efforts, working on the unconscious biases …
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