FVS (Best) Practices - Current Thinking on Recruiting and Retaining Talent

Forensic and Valuation Services (FVS)

Host: Josh Shilts CPA/ABV/CFF/CGMA, ASA, CFE – President, Shilts CPA PLLC

Guest: Mike Blake ASA, ABAR, CFA – Managing Partner, Brady Ware Arpeggio, LLC

We welcome Mike Blake again to join Josh Shilts and discuss the current recruiting and retention landscape. Mike provides provoking thoughts on how to help you manage and navigate your FVS firm by addressing historical processes along with how he is using a different thought process for recruiting, empowering, and retaining other professionals. Including:

· Insights into team culture, and

· Individuals’ motivations in choosing the right firm

NOTE: the ideas shared in this episode are applicable to any FVS practice though a business valuation practice is specifically discussed.

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Listen to Mike Blake’s previous FVS podcast episode Turning Risk into Value - Gathering and Applying Information for a Better Business Appraisal

Want to help spread the word about BV and Forensics as an alternate path to traditional accounting/auditing/tax? If you are interested in becoming a mentor (or finding a mentor), becoming a volunteer on a task force, and/or joining FVS awareness efforts to students/young professionals, please contact the AICPA-CIMA FVS member section.

Articles and training

· Hot jobs: Valuation specialists needed in good economic times and bad · AICPA-CIMA Global Career Hub – Student careers · How can AICPA ABV credential holders help in times of need? · AICPA & CIMA Forensic & Valuation Services Conference · AICPA & CIMA Expert Witness Skills Workshop

This podcast episode is part of the extensive resource library available from the AICPA’s Forensic and Valuation Services Section, the premier provider of guidance, tools, and advocacy for professionals who specialize in providing forensics, valuation, litigation, and fraud services. Visit us online at www.aicpa.org/fvs, and if you’re not already a member, consider joining this active community of your FVS peers. You’ll get free CPE and access to rich technical content.

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Information on credentials

Our FVS credential programs allow AICPA members to demonstrate competence and confidence in providing forensic and valuation services to their clients.

· ABV Credential (Accredited in Business Valuation)

· CFF Credential (Certified in Fraud and Forensics)