About this episode

In this episode, Jason Staats discusses the challenges of hiring in accounting firms and offers practical advice to overcome common bottlenecks.

🚀 Get smarter faster by learning with other firm owners: https://www.rlz.io/ 📩 Want a simple way to keep up with accounting firm and AI? I break it down every week in my newsletter: https://www.jasononfirms.com/newsletter ☎️ Leave me a voicemail at (1)516-980-4968! 📧 Email me! jason@jasononfirms.com In this episode, I break down why hiring feels impossible for accounting firms and why that’s usually not true. I walk through the nine most common hiring bottlenecks I’m seeing across firms right now, from first hire paralysis and offshore vs onshore decisions to training challenges and being the bottleneck as an owner. I also share why most firms aren’t doing enough to attract talent, and how small changes in positioning, pricing, and structure can unlock hiring. Then I cover AI updates from OpenAI and Claude, plus answer questions on tools, hiring strategy, and whether simple tax firms are at risk. 🎤 I’m going live! Grab your tickets here: https://www.jasononfirms.com/events 🔥 Here’s that Roast-My-Firm intake form: https://airtable.com/appZ7dtNz3oaTWWZT/shrybn5166E9t12ag📚 A curated list of the apps I actually use and recommend: https://www.jasononfirms.com/apps 💰 Today's…

People in this episode

Host: Jason Staats

Topics covered

• hiring challenges
• accounting firms
• talent attraction
• AI updates
• management strategies
• entrepreneurship

Sponsors

TeamUp, Soraban, Makershub, Canopy, Missive

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, Claude

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