Accountants are Married to their Jobs?
According to this article, accountants are one of the most loyal type of employees around. Most recruiters are saying that accountants are married to their positions and have a hard time transferring to another employer.
Recruiter Jennifer Laxton, a senior partner at Executive Search Associates in Santa Rosa, Calif., offers another explanation for accountants’ reluctance to part ways with their current employer. “It’s the nature of the beast that financial and accounting people are extremely busy,” she says. “As far as searching for a new position, they don’t have time.”
Are accountants too busy to even apply? Or is it connected to the way they handle their job?
“People want to ensure that if they make a change, the new position will be the right match for them both personally and professionally,” says DeLynn Senna, executive director of North American permanent placement services for Robert Half International. “Individuals are being very thorough in their decision-making process and weighing all of their options carefully.”
Whatever is the reason, the accountant’s employers must feel lucky to have them around.