Competency testing - a new tool in recruiting?
Giles Pearson FCA says frustration led him to develop an online testing company, accountests.com, with the aim of helping businesses find good finance staff, as well as reducing bad hires...
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How to choose the right office culture for you
How do you choose a workplace whose culture will suit you? Here are some ways to check if the new office role is really as good as it sounds...
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How Theresa Gattung built her NZ food business
Business leader Theresa Gattung shares her vision on why New Zealand and its companies and brands will continue to grow and prosper...
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Why Australia's prosperity has fallen in the past decade
Australia now ranks sixth in world prosperity rankings, down from second place in 2007. A new paper by CA ANZ analyses what this means for Australia’s future...
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Tackling the complex modern boardroom
In an era of more complex business demands, what skills do modern board members need and what issues do they have to navigate?...
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Is it all work and no play as a CA?
Do accountants still burn the midnight oil like they used to? Acuity investigates...
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Keeping CA in the family
Melbourne-based Chartered Accountants Greenberg & Co is the very definition of a family accounting firm. Selwyn Greenberg FCA set up the firm in 1987 with wife Hannah, also an accountant, and now...
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Five daily ways to practise mindfulness at work
Whether it’s on the train or at your desk, mindfulness expert Sarah Salas shows how taking regular daily short breaks for mindfulness practice can lower stress and help you cope better...
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Working as a CA in remote Australia
Living and working in the remote Red Centre of Australia offers a wealth of benefits for accountant Tanya Kirker...
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Looking ahead to life after CA
What can baby boomer CAs do to turn a career in chartered accounting into a new working life?...
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Navigating SMEs through disruption
Many SMEs are now fully exposed to global competition in the current new era of digital disruption, so how can they respond?...
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Is it cheaper to do business in New Zealand?
With lower salary costs, no payroll tax and a new government now confirmed, New Zealand is attracting business investment and giving Aussies a wake-up call...
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Serjit Singh CA on life as a tax lead in Kuala Lumpur
Serjit Singh CA is the tax lead for four Asian countries with Royal Dutch Shell in Malaysia and says no two days are ever the same...
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Shifting to a five-hour work day
A Tasmanian accounting and financial services firm allows staff to work five-hours a day on full salary. So what’s the catch?...
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NZ gets tough on money laundering
Accountants undertaking activities subject to new anti-money laundering laws should be ready to comply from 1 October 2018...