Posts tagged with 'survey'
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Majority of Corporate Tax Professionals are Automating
Read the rest of this entry »A survey of senior corporate tax professionals by Ernst & Young found more than 6 out of 10 have adopted new technologies to improve efficiency and enhance their data analytics.
“In this transformative age, disruptive technologies such as AI and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) have already changed the face of tax functions,” said Marna Ricker, EY Americas Vice Chair of Tax Services. “This technology enables tax professionals to spend more ...
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Quants, Researchers Are the Most Satisfied
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Smile if you're a quant or a researcher. They're the two most rewarding jobs in finance.
That's the somewhat surprising result of a still ongoing survey by eFinancialCareers. Some other jobs in banking may pay better -- M&A and finance, for instance. But the intellectual stimulation of research more than makes up for any paycheck differences.
According to the survey, satisfaction by quants and researchers reached 6.5 and 6.6 ...
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PwC Tops List of 50 Best Accounting Firms
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For the seventh year in a row, PwC ranks first in the annual Vault survey of the country's top 50 accounting firms.
The global accounting and business consulting firm also earned the top spots in two of the several areas that together determine the overall top ranking. PwC was first in the rankings for Prestige and Business Outlook.
Deloitte ranked a close second. KPMG came in third, followed by Grant ...
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Pay and Slow Hiring Are Top Barriers For Tech Managers
Read the rest of this entry »When it comes to hiring tech talent, salary and a slow hiring process are the top two barriers, say tech leaders.
A survey of some 2,800 IT decision makers in 28 leading markets found just about a quarter of them agreeing their compensation isn't as good as what candidates can get from their competitors. Almost as many -- 22% -- complained that the time it takes to make an offer is ...
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Who's the Most Romantic? Not HR
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For a profession many believe is full of "people persons" with a "touchy feely" approach, human resources isn't even close when it comes to romancing their loved one today.
According to a Valentine's survey (there's a survey about everything) of 2,784 of office workers, 60% of human resources professionals will do something special with that special someone. We don't know what the other 40% will be doing, but if ...
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4 Issues Holding AI Back In Life Sciences
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There's hardly an industry that artificial intelligence hasn't touched. In one form or another -- machine learning, chatbots and predictive analytics, for example -- AI is rapidly becoming a part of all technologies. The life sciences are no exception, though many professionals believe the industry is lagging in its adoption of AI.
Last summer's survey by The Pistoia Alliance found 42% of life sciences professionals doubting that AI has yet proven its ...
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Q1 Hiring Plans Are Strongest In Years
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The stock market may be seesawing, but employers are still bullish on hiring. Two recent surveys of hiring intention both pointed to strong plans by employers to add staff in the first quarter of this new year.
Manpower's long running Employment Outlook, based on a survey of 12,500 employers, shows 23% expect to add headcount between now and the end of March. Seasonally adjusted basis that comes out to ...
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Nursing Shortage Is Leading to Overwork and More Burnout
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In a survey two years ago, 42% of the 600 nurses participating said they felt increasingly overworked. Now, an update of that survey finds little has changed for the nation's nearly 3 million nurses. If anything, their workload has gotten heavier; 46% of the 900 nurses in the new survey reported feeling more overworked now than they did in 2016.
The primary culprit the vast majority of nurses agree, is ...
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Americans More Anxious Now Than In 2017
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If you're feeling more anxious these days, you're not alone.A poll by the American Psychiatric Association found Americans are more worried today than they were last year about their health, safety, finances, relationships, and politics. When the numbers were crunched they came up with a national anxiety score of 51, five points higher than in 2017."This poll shows US adults are increasingly anxious, particularly about health ...
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Survey Finds Big Differences Among Tech Teams, Managers
Read the rest of this entry »A new survey by the tech site GitHub found striking differences between high performing development teams and their less
well performing counterparts.By substantial margins, those on high performing teams, which GitHub's GitLab defines as those that deploy their code on demand, multiple times per day, and spend 50% or more of their time on new work, say project expectations are set in advance, deadlines are realistic and they ...
