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In the past few years, I’ve witnessed a startling change in the importance of soft skills for accountants. Soft skills are personal strengths like sensitive communication, creative problem-solving...
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While workforce expectations are changing, some business leaders are daunted by the new normal and want to reassert the status quo–leaving HR caught in the middle. The pressure is on to arbitrat...
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There are a lot of courses to choose from in the UK, and it’s not always easy to decide on which one is right for you. As a student, you should aim to find a course that you are likely to enjoy, ...
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Mike Crocker of Gravitate shares his secrets.Gravitate is a game-changing accountancy practice specialising in digital accounting, with a dressed-down, paperless office and a young workforce. I h...
Last week we sat down with one of our own consultants, Tori Goodyear. After a year of Tori being with us, we took a minute to discuss what she thought of her career journey so far and what the HR...
When I started in recruitment in the 90s in West London, twelve-hour days were the norm–followed by going out and getting drunk. It was a laddish culture where we burned the candle at both ends, an...
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We sat down and had a chat with one of our newest employees, Suliman Mahmood. Suliman has been with Sewell Wallis for almost 2 months and we wanted to see what he thought of his career journey so f...
You have probably seen that in amongst the permanent recruitment that we do, we always have lots of temporary positions advertised at Sewell Wallis too. Businesses recruit on a temporary basis for...
We recently sat down with Eli from Irwin Mitchell to understand what diversity and inclusion mean to them and what they are doing to promote inclusion and diversity in their organisation. Irwin M...
To succeed in an accountancy career, it's essential to acquire the necessary qualifications, as they open up a variety of rewarding and challenging opportunities. The path to becoming a qualified a...
A business can flourish when they offer an open and inclusive culture, and giving the right kind of feedback is a big part of that. In this blog, we have taken a look at how honest feedback in the ...
Changes in current market conditions may mean that you need to take on new employees or even restructure your teams. Hiring the right people can contribute to the overall growth of your company and...
Your search has paid off–you’ve received an exciting new job offer. But when you try to resign from your current job, your employer makes a counter offer. What should you do? We’ve seen a lo...
An interview is not a one-way process. With the rise in counter offers and the highlighted importance of keeping hold of your employees – an interview now, more than ever is a tool for you to enga...
Accounting and finance jobs are set to grow 10% by 2026–yet the talent pool is shrinking. With CFOs in the top firms struggling to source skilled professionals as demand outstrips supply, 75% of C-...
The buzz around “quiet quitting” has not been quiet–but what exactly is this new phenomenon? Wikipedia puts it like this: “Quiet quitting is an application of work-to-rule, in which employees wo...
At one or more times in our careers, many of us have paused to ask “How can I get ahead in my career?” Together with questions such as “What am I doing?” and “Where am I going?”. If you do a...
In work as in love, rejection hurts. But being turned down for a job can actually be a good thing–if you know how to use it. Remember rejection is normal–more so than being accepted. It’s al...
As an accountant, there are a lot of important career decisions to be made, such as deciding whether to go into practice or industry. Knowing which is the right career path for you can be tough, ...
In the current talent drought, employee retention should be your no.1 priority. Even the top accounting firms are bleeding money: for example, Ernst & Young has spent over $2 billion since 2020 ...
