Human Capital
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What's the most effective review course & method to prepare for the CMA?
I purchased the "CMALS & CMA OIR Combo – 2-Part Kit Version 3.0" study material beginning of 2011 and was wondering if I need to upgrade to a newer study kit in order to successfully prepare for the two CMA parts. I'm a CPA but have been out of the study/preparation mode for at least 10 years …
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Who Should Sign Off On Payroll Reports?
Who should sign off on payroll reports? VP, Finance or VP, Ops or Both? Facts - HR is managed by VP Operations. - We used a third party for back office accounting (GL, AP, Payroll, Audits) - Third party processes payroll and submits to paychex. - The internal payroll person at our company was elimi…
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Sick leave: do you encourage employees to take days off when they're sick?
Recent reports say one in four employees come to work sick, infecting other workers and spreading illnesses like the flu. Does your company encourage employees to stay home?
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Need advice on new PEO
Can someone please advise me on a PEO to join. My company has used ADP Total Source. We joined with a total staff strength of 51 employees and had a very very bad experience especially with the ADP Total Source employees. The products promised were just not delivered. I think the PEO model works bu…
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How do I explain my short tenure to potential employers but more importantly, how do I get them to notice my resume without red flags going up?
The non-profit that I currently work for has decided to change its by-laws, do away with the Foundation that I presently work for and implement a new model for running the non-profit (that is the short version). I have been with the Foundation for only 10 months. I am told that I MAY have job secur…
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Does your company offer paternity leave?
It used to be incredibly rare for a company to offer paternity leave (at least here in the US) but some of our employees have expressed interest in it. Does anyone have experience with paternity leave, either as an employee or employer?
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Commission Only Legality
I was hired by a company in CA as a commission only sales rep. I reported to an office, had a set schedule, was accountable for a certain number of outbound calls/day and harassed endlessly about my production. I have previously made 6 figures in sales, but that's immaterial to my question: Is it l…
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What does it take to keep an employee happy.
In this day and age of employees working from the office, home and in between, we are issuing more and more laptops rather than traditional desk top computers. I have a number of employees arguing that I should buy them docking stations for both home and work to make their life easier( meaning that…
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Performance Review Tips Needed: Conveying Value vs. Tooting Your Horn
I am getting ready for a performance review and I take time to document what I see are the tangible and intangible contributions that I make for my company. How do I convey my value without looking like I just want the spotlight (just trying to toot my own horn)? Would appreciate any performance re…
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Incentive Compensation Plan Failures
What are common incentive compensation plan components that you would characterize as demotivating measures? This question was asked by an attendee during the Proformative webinar “Seven Deadly Sins of Incentive Compensation” which took place on October 30, 2013. Join the discussion and add…
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Do Employers Check Up On Sick Employees?
According To The NY Times... "Thirty percent of employers say they check in on workers who have called in sick to see if they really are ill, according to a survey. And 15 percent, drive past their employee’s house, 19 percent check the person’s social media posts, 17 percent have another employee …
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Continuing Education online for Treasury
Please let me know of any online seminars or classes I can take for my CTP-Certified Treasury Professional CPE credits, especially ones that are frequent
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Hourly Employee
Hi! How is overtime work on an hourly employee? How to prevent misuse of overtime? Thank you in advance.
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Time management or relaxation management problem?
At work, I never feel like I get enough done. When I do have time off, I think about work and often just go ahead and work. Then, when I go back to work, I don't feel re-energized from time off. Never feeling rested, I then work in a less prioritized/efficient manner. Any ideas on how to manage …
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Can I go to grad school while working as an internal auditor?
I just started the Master of Professional Accountancy program at my local university. But I am also interested in working full time as an auditor, however, I am aware that as an auditor you have to travel quite a bit (I know the travel amount varies). One of the opportunities I applied to requires …
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What do you like least about your job?
I saw this thought-provoking thread "What do you like most about your job" at https://www.proformative.com/questions/what-do-you-like-most-about-your-job and felt it warranted the flip side of that question. I'll kick things off. I least enjoy staying on top of and complying with ever-changing gov…
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HIGH-ly sought after CFOs?
While reading CFO.com this morning, I came across an article that makes me curious about how the well-established CFOs differ from the younger CFOs, that are trying to become established, thoughts on the marijuana business. http://ww2.cfo.com/growth-companies/2014/01/entrepreneurs-investors-high-po…
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How do you evaluate interim CFO candidates?
What would you take into account, maybe differently-weighted, than when hiring a permanent CFO?
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Sales commission expense - recognition when employee terminates employment
Our salesperson left the company. Commissions previously paid to him were recognized into expense over the sale period as the related revenue stream. However, once he left the company, do I recognize all the remaining prepaid commissions into expense, or do I continue to expense over the course of …
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Informal (and probably unscientific): HR: What is their role?
What do you, as C-Level or senior management feel the role of the HR should be: These are "checkboxes" so one or more answers are acceptable. a) HR Administrative (both internal and government compliance, explain benefits) b) HR Administrative (set compensation levels) c) HR Administrative (determi…
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What is best practice for putting an HR person on a written performance plan?
We have an HR manager that has had terrible work performance for over a year and senior management if finally willing to put her on a written performance plan. Does anyone have resources they use for this? It is very hard to be putting the person on a performance plan that should be the person resp…
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How do you announce raises?
In a one-on-one meeting with the employee? In an email? In a performance review? What method works for your company and why?
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