Human Capital
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Controller vs. Corporate Controller
I am trying to do a wage study for a position I may receive an offer on. It is for a Controller in a Corporate office setting. What is the difference between a plain Controller and a Corporate Controller? I am seeing different wages for both within the same wage studies. Would not anything that is …
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What are your 2016 work/career New Years resolutions?
One of mine is to get in shape. "But wait," you say, "that's a personal New Years resolution." Given how much time and energy I spend on the job, it would be huge for me to feel healthier at work. New Years resolutions may be considered a little uncool, because the whole term implies a January eff…
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What free webinar subjects would you like to see in 2016?
As you probably know, Proformative offers a robust slate of free webinars with free CPE. What subjects would you like to see covered in a webinar in 2016? Let us know and we'll see if we can pull that together for you. Happy Holidays, Sarah
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Certifications And Job Hunting
is it considered "bad" to have too many certifications / degrees on your resume'. I was just talking to one of my seniors and told him that i was planning to do couple of certifications / degrees in the future. His reply was "yes, its a good idea but remember you dont want to have too many of these…
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Sales Commissions Plan For Independent Distributors
I am working with a manufactor company that is just starting to set up a sales force. He wants sells people to set up their own companys to be an independent distributor of his product. We pay all our own expense, and no drawns or base pay. There will be a lot of travel and trade show expense. He i…
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Enhance CEO compensation
We are a small tech start up, Delaware C Corp. Our CEO would like to increase her compensation without increasing her salary. One item would be offering health benefits. Does anyone have other ideas? We don't want to have her salary increase any further so as to upset any potential future investors…
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Hiring a CFO
We are in the process of hiring a high level CFO. What we have come to find is a font of absolute arrogance in this category. We are a company moving places and it will be fast. Why is that arrogance there? I even see it in some of the answers I read on this Q&A. We are looking for a high level…
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Quit before getting fired?
In a very stressful situation where a person in leadership position strongly suspects that s/he will be terminated, should this person resign, or stick to the end (get fired), if the next job is not lined up yet (and it is not probable that the next job will be lined up before one gets terminated)?
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Who Cares About Skill Certifications?
I have a question for the CFOs and finance directors. A couple of weeks ago I went for a financial analyst interview and was rejected DURING the interview because I was not able to convince my potential boss that I am confident with using Microsoft Excel. So I decided to go for Microsoft Excel cert…
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In Maryland, is payment of 2015 performance bonus (paid in Feb 2016) is employee resigns in January 2016?
We are recruiting a VP level candidate who works for a Maryland company. He advises that policy requires him to be active at time of bonus payout (Feb 2016). Maryland DOL states ¶21-1200Wage Payment Law Summaries “Wage” means all compensation that is due to an employee for employment, including bon…
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Why become a CPA?
"Do you need to be a CPA or other certification to be a Financial Leader?" This question was asked at a recent webinar, now available on-demand: "What is Financial Leadership?" Please add your thoughts about it below. Thanks! C.S. Bud Kulesza, ‘The Man of Many Hats’, Kulesza & Associates re…
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What are you thankful for this year professionally?
There is no “I” in success and I know that all too well. I am very fortunate to have forged some strong and lasting strategic partnerships and a strong professional network (thank you LinkedIn). This past year has been full of ups and downs. The good news in that in getting older I have managed to …
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CPA / CMA / CFA ???
Hi I have MHA and CHFP. Am currently enrolled in MBA. Have been working in Healthcare finance for the past 5 years (Healthcare Fin Analyst). I am involved with state and Federal Grants management. Was just wondering what will be the best combination for me to choose, CPA, CMA, CFA or what, to furth…
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When is it appropriate to have an MBA after an Accounting degree and CA/CPA..?
This question keeps coming back to me anytime I think of having my MBA.
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Managing Difficult Emplyees
I would be interested in your thoughts on how you deal with a back-office employee who doesn't fit with the company norms. This employee is not a poor performer, in fact, in terms of production he is a top performer. He joined the company during a time of crisis, when schedules were crazy, and put …
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How badly would it hurt my CPA career to take a year off?
I'm a 43 year old CPA who works for a 25 person accounting firm. I'm feeling what I can only describe as a growing obsession for a sabbatical. If I could get a leave from my current employer, where I'm not a partner, I'd take it. If not, I would just give notice. I haven't been out of work since co…
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Accepting A Salary Counter Offer From Current Employer
Should one accept a counter offer from his/her current employer after securing another offer?
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Changing PTO plan and want to grandfather "old" people in...
If I change our PTO plan, can I grandfather in the employees who have been with the company over 15 years, but not anyone who has less time than that? We have employees who have been here 16 years, and some who have 6-7, and everyone gets the same amount of time off. We want to change this but I wa…
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Payroll-Exempt & Non Exempt Employees
We are a Service company. We do inspections, Lab testing & Geotechnical Services. We have some employees as salaried exempt others as non exempt. Lately we have been faced with questions that we get answers all over the realm. We called Dept of L& I. They don't seem to answer our questions …
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Can I pay commissions to a consultant without any tax deductions.
Hi, We have a consultant with who we have a Sales commissions agreement. He does not get paid any retainer / consulting fees. Should the commissions paid to him be subject to payroll tax deductions ? If yes, should he fill out the Form W4 and would I need to issue a Form W2 to him ? If no, would I …
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Should an employee use his own sick leave if sickened at a corporate event?
We had an employee sickened from likely food poisoning at a local restaurant celebrating a company milestone. None of the other 6 employees attending, which included corporate officers, got sick. The likely culprit was scallops as none of the other employees ordered this. The county health departme…
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Motivational Ideas For Teams Needed
The company I work for is very team-centric... every project has a formal team. Everyone on the team seems to be judged by the team's results and not as much if at all on individual contribution to the team, which is often hidden from more senior management. We have teams for planning and teams fo…
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Any tips on delivering performance reviews?
I'm interested in any tips you may have on delivering performance reviews. I find I don't enjoy the face-to-face discussion about it. I'm always wondering if my uncomfortability means I'm doing a bad job and what approaches would be more productive. Any insight appreciated.
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Is everyone writing real good?
What business writing training do you see needed now more than ever? If you were training professionals, especially new ones, the art of business writing, what would you include as a must? Would you focus on business report writing? Business research? Technical writing? Memo writing? Perhaps even b…
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What management skills do you find highly important yet undervalued?
We all have skill sets that our companies don't appreciate, HR doesn't appreciate and Hiring Manager's don't appreciate. Which skill sets do you feel are undervalued? I'll start, diversity. Diversity in experiences, industries, company sizes, ownership. Most people feel that unless you came from th…
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