Interview For Better Due Diligence
Exploring your candidate's work experience is only part of the interview due diligence. Equally important is understanding motivation. How do you learn the real story about why they are talking [...]
Your Least Qualified Candidate Can Be Your Best Hire
Hiring experienced BV talent is a challenge in today’s high-demand market. To hire good employees when it seems like they don’t exist, you have to change your expectations. Which expectations [...]
Why Don’t Candidates Believe Me?
Have you felt ho-hum when friends generalize about vacations where the “people were very friendly” or “the hotel staff offered great service”? Candidates can react the same when you tell them [...]
Don’t Get Tangled in the Goldilocks Trap
No one starts the hiring process expecting to fall into the Goldilocks Trap. But people can—and do—just the same. How do you avoid it?
Taking BV Education to a New Level
Over the last several years, business valuation coursework has established a foothold within finance curricula at the university level. Now comes a different approach that takes BV education to [...]
Talent Shortage Is Back: It’s Just Different
It didn’t take long for the BV talent shortage to re-appear after the recession ended. Part of the problem, of course, is the unique DNA of the profession. If you’re hiring above a particular [...]
The View from Here
Based on comments at the recent ASA and AICPA/ABV conferences, business valuation seems to be back. Practitioners are busy enough to think about hiring. What used to be a simple talent shortage [...]
2010: A Look Ahead
The BV industry is growing more confident. Hiring is beginning to rise. Good news after a dismal stretch.
