Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Accounting recruiters nightmare

With the current shortage of good accounting staff now approaching epidemic proportions, companies are looking to recent graduates for talent that is both current on technology tools and still affordable. But there’s a big caveat to that strategy, ably demonstrated by a recent Robert Half International survey published in CFO Magazine. They surveyed these “millennials” to find out what they most valued on the job. The top ranked results on a scale of 1 to 10 are shown in the graph below.
They don't need explanation, although the writer had a one-liner to add, hinting at a backlash against companies' declining sense of loyalty to their employees over the past generation.

"If you want loyalty, get a dog."

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