Hire both administrative and professional accountant roles

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You are the Manager of a new accounting firm in downtown Toronto.  You will need to ensure that your business is equipped to respond to an influx of work on October 1st, just 4 months away. Thankfully, you have taken a Human Resources course and so feel confident that you can perform well.  You will be working closely with the owner of the firm and this will be your opportunity to demonstrate your HR expertise. You are going to need to hire both administrative and professional accountant roles.   Some positions will be entry level, some more senior.

In preparation for the hiring the owner has requested a meeting with you to provide him an overview of the work required.

Part 1

  1. Given our learnings in this course, what are 3 things that you will need to consider before even thinking of placing any recruitment ads. Explain each and help me to understand why these things must be done and are important to do before any hiring. (5 marks)

 

Note:  I recognize that there are many things that you can put down – but please do not break down 1 consideration into many parts.  I am looking for major things that you should do EXCLUDING sourcing of candidates. That will be asked below.

 

Part 2

 

Now that you have completed your preliminary work for the accounting team hires, the owner has asked you some further questions as he is still hesitant to trust your knowledge.

 

  1. a. He first wants to know where you will source your different types of candidates from?  Give me a good source for each group and tell me why it is a good source. (2 marks)

 

b. The owner isn’t quite convinced that it’s necessary to orient new employees.  He’s concerned about the time and cost associated.  What will you say to convince him that orientation is important to the success of his firm? (3 marks)