Top 10 Reasons To Bring On A Temp

When trying to fill open positions in your organization this holiday season, you might be debating how long to have someone with your company. Should  you hire them in a regular full-time position? Or should you hire someone temporarily?

Consider the latter. There are many reasons to consider a temporary worker! Here are 10 of them:

  1. Congratulations – you have recognized a top employee with a promotion and need someone to backfill her old position!
  2. Great news, your company is growing!  Hire a temporary employee to help you with your growth!
  3. One of your staff members is taking a leave of absence.  A temporary employee will help to keep the work current until your staff member returns.
  4. Special Project?  Bring on a temporary employee for the special project or have a temporary employee fill in for your internal staff member who is assigned to that project.
  5. Another implementation?  You are going through an implementation and need someone to help in the process.
  6. On no!  Someone just resigned.  Bring on a temporary employee to fill in while you search for a replacement.
  7. Outstanding!  The temporary you hired to fill in for an employee who resigned has a great work ethic, works well with the team and it a star contributor.  No need to look anymore since you can bring on the person on a temporary to hire basis!
  8. Overload!  Are your employees ready to jump ship?  Be an employer of choice by getting the help your employees desperately need and hire a temporary employee to get things done.  Your employees will thank you!
  9. Seasonal work?  Hiring a temporary employee to fill in during your peak work periods helps you to be properly staffed during slower work periods.
  10. Too many open recs for hiring staff?  Bring on a temporary recruiter to help fill your positions quickly and efficiently!

We at Casey Accounting & Finance Resources can help place outstanding temporary workers with your company. Fall under one of these? Contact us today!

Interviewing a Financial Analyst? Here Are Some Good Questions to Ask.

As you prepare to interview a financial analyst for your company, you need to prepare some tough questions to ask the candidates. These questions should challenge the candidates and also help them exhibit their knowledge and experience within the industry. The last thing you want to do is hire a candidate who is less than stellar when it comes to the financial world. We will discuss the best questions to ask a financial analyst candidate in this post.

What do you want to learn from this position?

One of the first questions you must ask a candidate is what they want to learn from the position should they be hired. This is an important question because you will be able to gauge the interest of the candidate and what they already know about the industry and the job.

Describe a time when you had to meet a deadline, but failed to do so.

This is more of a request than a question, but it is still very important to discuss with the candidate. You need to discuss this subject so you can find out how honest the candidate is and whether or not they were able to handle the adversity that was presented to them by the missed deadline.

Have you ever made a bad financial decision?

Another important question you should ask every candidate is if they have ever made a bad financial decision during their career. You do not need to base your hiring decision solely on the answer to this question, but it should be taken into consideration. You should follow up by asking the candidate what they learned from the mistake.

What are financial models?

Any good interviewer knows that a financial analyst candidate must be asked this question. If they cannot answer this question immediately and explicitly, then they might not be the right person for the job.

More Important Questions to Ask:

– What is the importance of a monthly sales report?

– How does a company calculate its monthly cash flow?

– What programs do you use to create graphs, charts, and spreadsheets for data?

– How do you monitor industry development?

– How do you handle a financial analysis project?

– What types of profitability models do you use?

-Which profitability model do you think is best and why?

As you can see, when interviewing financial analyst candidates, the questions you ask should be challenging. This will help you gauge their experience within the industry and whether or not they are a strong fit for your company.

The Benefits of Using a Recruiter

Recruiters are becoming very popular these days with people who are looking for a new job, or their first job right out of college. In this post we will discuss the pros of using a recruiter for your job search.

The Benefits of Using a Recruiter

One of the most important pros that job seekers enjoy when using a recruiter is the fact that recruiters know many people and they love to help improve people’s lives by moving them into new career opportunities by performing their job of finding talented people for companies.

In most situations, recruiters will have a direct connection to the hiring manager at a company or organization. This means your resume and cover letter will make it to the top of the list when a trusted recruiter calls to tell them about you.

Another pro is it is an excellent use of your time. When you perform a job search on your own, you might get to talk to only three companies in the span of a week. However, when you work with a recruiter, he or she has access to many companies that potentially might be looking for someone with your job skills that the recruiter can reach over the  same time span.

One of the most popular pros to using a recruiter is that you may go on fewer fruitless interviews. This is because recruiters will be able to whittle down the jobs for which you are qualified. This prevents you from interviewing for jobs that you do not have enough experience for or for which you are overqualified.

One Final Pro of Using a Recruiter

There are some additional plusses when using a recruiter to find a job. Consider that you want to land with a company that can offer you more than just a salary. A recruiter has established many networks around the industry and region in which you work and live. They have connections with a good number of people who may never otherwise hear about your talents. When you work with a professional recruiter, you can tap into this benefit instead of hoping to be in the right place at the right time.

Featured Candidate: A/P, A/R Expert

We at Casey Accounting & Finance Resources pride ourselves on providing our clients with the best job candidates available in accounting and finance. Here is one of our featured candidates, an A/P and A/R expert based near Chicago, IL:

  • Vendor invoicing, coding, posting to GL, created batching, expense reports, vendor coordination, national accounts.  MS Dynamics AX vouching, TSS, Oracle. Customer cash application, Credit cards/PayPal reports. ACH wire transfers. Posting, processing of bills, vendor information. Matching of purchase orders with shipping/receiving documents. Extensive Excel skills, extensive software knowledge.
  • Available for:  Temp to hire or direct hire.
  • Location:  Chicago IL and near suburbs.

Like what you see? This is just one of the great candidates we have to offer. Contact Casey Accounting & Finance Resources today and let us place the right accounting and finance worker with your company!

Featured Candidate: Financial Analyst, Sr Accountant

We at Casey Accounting & Finance Resources pride ourselves on providing our clients with the best job candidates available in accounting and finance. Here is one of our featured candidates, a financial analyst and senior accountant based in Chicago, IL:

  • Demonstrated success in project management, accounting, IT projects related to finance and supply chain, general management, and operations. Fortune 500, mid and small companies, as well as new business startups. Experienced in accounting applications and functions; evaluated and streamlined processes, cost and efficiencies; and detailed business analysis in engagement and project work. Extensive knowledge of SAP and Oracle. Advanced Excel skill sets include pivot tables, v-lookups, and if-statements. Candidate for the CPA exam.
  • Available for:  Temp to hire or direct hire.
  • Location:  Chicago IL 

Like what you see? This is just one of the great candidates we have to offer. Contact Casey Accounting & Finance Resources today and let us place the right accounting and finance worker with your company!

Featured Candidate: Payroll Professional

We at Casey Accounting & Finance Resources pride ourselves on providing our clients with the best job candidates available in accounting and finance. Here is one of our featured candidates, a payroll professional based in Wauconda, IL:

  • Areas of expertise: Multi-state payroll and multi-company federal reporting
  • Over 10 years as Payroll Manager and administrator processing up to 3500 employees and 7 companies. Instrumental in automating systems in 2 companies,  supervised payroll staff. Proficient with  SAP,Ceridian, ADP.
  • Available for:  Temp to hire or direct hire.
  • Location:  Wauconda, IL  area

Like what you see? This is just one of the great candidates we have to offer. Contact Casey Accounting & Finance Resources today and let us place the right accounting and finance worker with your company!

Featured Candidate: CFO/Controller

We at Casey Accounting & Finance Resources pride ourselves on providing our clients with the best job candidates available in accounting and finance. Here is one of our featured candidates, a CFO/controller with a small business background:

  • Small/mid size privately held company background
  • CPA with a progressive work history.    Excellent communication skills.   Service industry and distribution industry background.  Recently lead finance for a $210M dollar company with multiple sites and helped facilitate the sale of the company.
  • Available for:  Direct Hire
  • Location: Flexible

Like what you see? This is just one of the great candidates we have to offer. Contact Casey Accounting & Finance Resources today and let us place the right accounting and finance worker with your company!

Featured Candidate: Senior Payroll Administrator

We at Casey Accounting & Finance Resources pride ourselves on providing our clients with the best job candidates available in accounting and finance. Here is one of our featured candidates, a senior payroll administrator with multi-state payroll experience:

  • ADP and multi-state payroll experience within both large corporate setting (several thousand employee) and small company (several hundred employee) environment using ADP software.   Respond to payroll inquiries, garnishments, conduct payroll audits, provide SOX reports, administer 401k.
  • Available for:   Direct Hire only
  • Location:  Northwest Suburbs

Like what you see? This is just one of the great candidates we have to offer. Contact Casey Accounting & Finance Resources today and let us place the right accounting and finance worker with your company!

Featured Candidate: Accounting Clerk

We at Casey Accounting & Finance Resources pride ourselves on providing our clients with the best job candidates available in accounting and finance. Here is one of our featured candidates, an accounting clerk with many areas of expertise:

  • Reliable/Great references
  • Expertise in Accounts Payable, payroll processing, monthly accruals, journal entries, G/L reconciliations, intermediate excel skills
  • Available for:   Temp to Hire and Direct Hire
  • Location:  Northwest and West Suburbs

Like what you see? This is just one of the great candidates we have to offer. Contact Casey Accounting & Finance Resources today and let us place the right accounting and finance worker with your company!

Featured Candidate: Senior Accountant

We at Casey Accounting & Finance Resources pride ourselves on providing our clients with the best job candidates available in accounting and finance. Here is one of our featured candidates, a senior accountant with plenty of experience:

  • CPA with excellent work ethic.  Experience includes:   Financial Statement preparation, consolidations, budget preparation, has supervised A/P and A/R.
  • Available for:  Temp, Temp to Hire and Direct Hire
  • Location:  Northwest Suburbs

Like what you see? This is just one of the great candidates we have to offer. Contact Casey Accounting & Finance Resources today and let us place the right accounting and finance worker with your company!