Career Development

It’s getting to be that time of the year—when you have to do those employee performance appraisals. In the past, AP managers may have given this task little attention. But growing productivity

While all AP managers agree it is necessary to screen job candidates before making an offer, is it OK for you to use search engines or social networking sites in the process? According to experts, it

By Pam Miller, APMD Here’s the scenario: a new company hits town and sets up a large AP or shared services shop. To accomplish their goal quickly, they look for existing organizations, with an eye

By Pam Miller, APMD When you are interviewing an AP candidate, there are many things you may want to ask, but can't. For example, you may not ask where a candidate was born, or ask about citizenship

Many AP executives operate under the assumption that the AP status quo will last indefinitely. The fact is, change is very common these days. The question is, when change comes, will you be prepared?

By Pam Miller, APMD Web meeting software provides an attractive solution for training AP's internal and external customers, because it enables parties in different locations to share information

It’s a fact of life that many AP managers are having to “do more with less,” and that challenge becomes even more difficult when AP is informed that it will be required to reduce staff levels.

By Pam Miller, APMD When an AP staffer fails at a task or an assignment, it's not simply a matter of the staffer's incompetence. The AP manager shares responsibility for that failure. In order to get

By Linda Zusmer Morgan, APM Most accounts payable professionals interact with nearly every (if not every) department and manager within the company. For me, this interaction is not only through the

Implementing a process improvement in accounts payable can seem like trying to move the earth. As AP staff struggle to keep their heads above water while simultaneously fighting large workloads and