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Recruiting Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

A Deep Dive into Talent Sourcing and Recruitment Advertising Benchmarks

Bookkeeping, Accounting, And Auditing Clerks

A Bit About These Talented Professionals

Welcome to the world of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks, where analytical prowess meets financial wizardry. While overall employment is projected to decline 5% from 2021 to 2031 due to technological advancements, this is still a field with a wealth of opportunities. Around 195,000 openings are projected each year – attributable to occupational drain – offering a gateway for skilled professionals to showcase their financial acumen.

As software innovations automate routine tasks, bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks are poised to embrace a more analytical and advisory role. Their expertise is invaluable as they focus on analyzing clients’ books and identifying potential areas for efficiency gains. Rather than merely entering data, they uncover insights and guide businesses towards financial success.

Although the landscape is evolving, the need for financial experts remains constant. The decline in employment presents a chance for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks to level up, becoming strategic advisors who shape financial decisions.

Are you ready to connect exceptional talent with analytical opportunities, at the optimal cost?

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CPA App-lause or App-loss

As we know, CPAsCost per application (CPA) measures the cost incurred by an organization to receive one job application from a potential candidate. depend on CPCs. But there are a bunch of other factors, too! You can’t control everything (ex. market conditions), but you can work on shaping that ideal apply experience.

When reviewing your process, keep a few key factors in mind, including application quality, CPA, recruiter time and effort, employer brand, and candidate experience. While easy apply yields lower CPAs, recruiters may not obtain all the pertinent info they require, and apps from unqualified or unenthusiastic candidates can pile up. Conversely, a protracted application process can result in high applicant drop-off, subpar candidate experience, and a high CPA.

Recommendation: What info does your team need? Whether it’s easy apply, an optimized ATS apply, or a more complex process, ensure your recruitment strategy is data-informed. Check out our job advertising cost calculator to get an idea of what your costs will look like, based on location and app length!

Source: Joveo and TalentNeuron Research

CPC, Ya You Know Me!

Nationally, we are seeing an average CPCCost per click (CPC) is the cost incurred by an organization for each click on a job advertisement or recruitment campaign. of $0.61… but that’s not going to help you plan, is it? Alabama is the most cost-effective state for obtaining clicks, at $0.23. On the flip side of the spectrum, where clicks come at a premium, Utah leads the way with a rate of $1.38.

Recommendation: Make sure you get the most bang for your buck! Leverage this data, understand seasonality and macro trends, and stay nimble. Track and compare performance across states and do a little A/B testing A/B testing refers to a randomized experimentation process. Two or more versions of a variable (job title, job description, etc.) are shown to different segments of users at the same time. The goal is to determine which version leaves the maximum impact and drives conversions. to optimize those CPCs and conversion rates.

Source: Joveo and TalentNeuron Research

Mind Your Demand-Supply Gap… by State

Wondering how aggressive your sourcing needs to be in a given state? Well, this chart will come in mighty handy, giving you helpful insight into demand-supply gaps, and indicating just how aggressive you need to be when it comes to talent sourcing or job advertising.

For example, if you’re looking to hire in Wyoming, Kentucky, or West Virginia, you shouldn’t have a problem. In fact, these three top our list of easiest to fill states when we take a look at demand and supply of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks. On the other end of the spectrum, filling your hiring funnel in Maryland, Arizona or Alaska is going to be a challenge, given the low supply and high demand!

Recommendation: If the color of your state is in the deep gold, you many want to consider jazzing up your job content, A/B testing titles, expanding across locationsGeographic optimizations expand the targeted location to include surrounding communities. This is an easy way to extend your reach and reduce CPAs by sourcing from less competitive markets., and spending considerably more on recruitment marketing and job advertising to attract more great-fit candidates.

Source: Joveo and TalentNeuron Research

Who Posts the Most?

The competition is pretty run o’ the mill when it comes to recruiting these folks. Top poster Robert Half International distributed north of 8,000 unique job postings in the last 12 months. Other familiar faces rounding out the top companies posting the most include CreativeFinancial Staffing and Express Employment Professionals.

Recommendation: Be sure to get your posts out to all the right job boards and on social. We may be a little biased, but one terrific way to automatically post jobs across the best-performing sites is to use programmatic job advertising – plus you can take advantage of job titleJob title expansion means leveraging alternative job titles, using commonly searched terms. These are published as new listings in addition to the original post. and geographic expansions.

Source: Joveo and TalentNeuron Research

Show Candidates the Money!

The national median advertised salary for these folks is approximately $45,000, as of July 2024. Employers advertising salaries higher than this will definitely have a competitive advantage when it comes to sourcing!

Recommendation: If you offer a great salary, don’t forget to call it out in your job description, even if your state doesn’t enforce it legally. This will help you attract more candidates, lower CPCs, and fill your funnel faster.

Source: Joveo and TalentNeuron Research

An Eye on DE&I: How Do You Measure Up?

We know diversity is important! In fact, 67% of today’s candidates take a serious look at potential employers’ DE&I programs, and what they find influences their decision making. And, as we well know, the more diverse your workforce, the better your business outcomes!

Recommendation: What does diversity in the occupation look like in your state? If you find you’re falling a bit short, have no fear! There are a plethora of great job boards out there to give your DE&I program the boost it needs.

Source: Joveo and TalentNeuron Research

How About Those Skills?

Successful recruiting means making sure your job postings compete with the best and attract the candidates that are right for you. One important piece in the job posting puzzle? Skills. When it comes to recruiting electricians, make sure you keep up with the Joneses!

Recommendation: Take note of these commonly sought skills when creating your job descriptions!

Source: Joveo and TalentNeuron Research

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