By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | Skillability for Accounting Firms Last updated: 2026 | 14-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer The shadowing method — sitting a new hire next to a senior CPA to “learn by watching” — costs accounting firms approximately $9,500 per hire in lost billable
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By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | Skillability for Accounting Firms Most onboarding checklists for bookkeeping employees are built around the wrong question. Firm owners ask: “What does my new hire need to know?” The right question is: “What does my new hire need to be able to do —
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | Skillability for Accounting Firms Last updated: 2026 | 13-minute read The Short Answer (TL;DR) General HR research says a new employee takes 6 to 12 months to reach full productivity — Gallup puts it at around 12 months, other studies at 8 months
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | Skillability for Accounting Firms Last updated: 2026 | 12-minute read The Short Answer (TL;DR) An LMS — a learning management system — is a delivery container, not a training program. When an accounting firm buys a generic LMS (TalentLMS, LearnUpon, Moodle, or similar),
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