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# Recruiting Strategies
#### In today’s hyper competitive hiring environment differentiating your organization is a requirement.
For companies who want to future-proof their workforce, reduce employee turnover, attract high-quality talent, and elevate their culture it all starts with people.  SN assists you in transforming recruiting from traditional to strategic to make sure you stand out in the sea of others.
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Creating a Destination of Talent
## A Shift Worth Embracing
The post-pandemic workforce has much different expectations of what work should look and feel like. Some companies have easily made the adjustments, while others have struggled to embrace change. SN’s workforce experts help you create an environment that candidates seek out, making your company a destination of talent.
 Recruiting & Applicant Tracking
## Becoming a Talent Magnet
Creative ways to build and manage your prospective talent pool including hiring best practices, new hire reporting, applicant tracking, passive recruiting techniques, best practices for hiring in a remote environment.
 The Right Person for the Right Role
## This is Not Recruiting as Usual
Talent acquisition is a critical component of any organization’s strategic plan. If you are still hiring in a reactive way, now is the time to elevate your approach. SN’s workforce experts partner with you to reimagine how you think about talent including identifying, attracting, engaging and onboarding the right talent for the right roles at the right time.
Our advisory services include proactively assessing roles to determine right fit, searching for strengths, remote workforce interviewing techniques, and crafting job descriptions.
 Featured Blog
## Retention Strategies
 Featured On-Demand Webinar
## What’s Needed to Win the War on Talent
 Featured Success Story
## Reimagine Recruiting for Today’s Workforce
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# Retention Strategies
#### Keeping talent can be even more challenging than finding talent.
Retention is a critical area, yet it’s often low on the to-do list. SN’s workforce professionals have deep experience helping companies become a destination of talent. We work with you to develop compensation and benefit plans, impactful performance management, incentive programs, competitive wage and salary program, thriving culture and career paths that leverage the strengths of your employees.
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Career Pathing
## Guiding the Growth Journey
To win the battle for talent it is crucial to keep your top employees engaged and motivated. SN’s career pathing services checks both boxes by aligning an employee’s skills, interests, and goals with your organization’s growth opportunities. This defined pathway for career progression contributes to higher overall employee satisfaction while meeting your needs both today and in the future.
Leveraging SN’s career pathing expertise, businesses can establish a robust framework for nurturing careers and facilitating organizational growth.
 Performance Management
## Perfecting Performance Management
Performance management is so much more than the annual appraisal process. Stop just going through the motions and create an ongoing process that’s collaborative, intentional, and motivating. SN partners with you to develop performance management and incentive programs that value employees, prioritize their success, and align with your business goals.
 Culture Development
## Culture that Transforms
Your culture is the root from which your company grows. Culture can make or break the ability to reach your full potential as an organization. SN’s workforce advisors assist you in building a destination of talent. Whether it’s enhancing your virtual culture, developing career paths that leverage the strengths of your employees, or training your managers, we help you build a thriving company that people want to join and an environment where employees want to stay.
## Get to Know SN’s Managing Director of Workforce Advisory
Featured Blog
Annual Performance Appraisals
Digitally Transform Your Remote Workforce
Embrace disruption and anticipate what your workforce needs for the future.
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# Talent Seekers
SN’s Talent Seeker’s draw on years of strategic talent acquisition specialization and deep workforce understanding to find and position the right people in the right roles.  By applying our SEEK (Secure, Engage, Ensure, Know) strategy, we help you secure the right path, engage the right tools, ensure the right fit, and know the right finish. The end result is discovering talent who align with your needs today while also guiding your organization into the future.
With three Talent Seeker Options to choose from, you select the level of service needed to complete your next strategic hire. Whether you prefer that SN manage the entire process or provide services that complement your current recruiting personnel, this is a partnership with your goals in mind. You’ll receive expert objective observations and candidate evaluation and recommendations that are customized for what you need to be successful today and in the future.
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## Talent that Sets the Stage for Success.
Featured Team
Kristi Weierbach, Ph.D., SPHR, SHRM-SCPManaging Director, Workforce Advisory **Learn More**Michelle Dent, SHRM-CPHR Advisor **Learn More**
## Find the Talent You Need to Build the Future You Want.
### start your Custom Talent seek today
Industries
# Industries
#### We don’t claim to be all things to all people, or all industries.
Instead, our approach includes team members who are laser focused on specific industry groups. Our experts aren’t distracted by the noise of other areas and as a result have honed their skill sets to go beyond expectations. Discover thought leaders who understand your industry in ways that elevate your business and enhance profitability. At SN, we help you secure the future you envision.
## Choose Your Industry Pathway
Architecture & Engineering
Construction & Real Estate
Professional Services
## Anticipatory Solutions for Disruptive Challenges
SN has you covered with solutions created for businesses that prioritize growth and don’t let anything get in the way of reaching their goals.
 *|* Architecture & Engineering
# Architecture & Engineering
#### AE isn’t one of many industries we serve, it’s our largest and most robust, representing firms in all 50 states.
With many of our team members having spent time working in AE firms, we’ve gained critical insider understanding of the processes and operations of a project-based firm. The result is an extraordinary level of experience, business acumen, and insight into industry challenges and pathways to success. SN’s forward-thinking solutions position project-based firms to achieve growth goals today and in the future.
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## Unparalleled Knowledge Delivered with Unrivaled Passion.
## AE Industry Pathways
Choose from solutions designed for project-based firms.
## Industry Engagement
Our full immersion in the AE industry includes active involvement in regional, state, and national trade organizations. This high level of engagement is one way we stay on point with trends and forecasts that impact your firm.
Additionally, many of our team members are nationally recognized thought leaders who regularly present both virtually and in-person, sharing their industry insight and expertise.
## Project-Based Technology
As advisors to AE firms across the country, we recognize the importance of technology that supports the growth and profitability of project-based businesses.
Our commitment to providing you with the best technology products for your unique needs led us to become an award-winning Deltek Premier Partner and a Microsoft Silver Partner.
Steve Snyder, CPA, CCIFPDirector, Assurance **Learn More**Nikki Hoffman, CPADirector, Assurance **Learn More**Featured Blog
**Meet the “Go-To” Tax Credit for AE Firms**
The R&D Tax Credit is a tried-and-true strategy for firms of all sizes.
 Featured Service
#### Mergers & Acquisitions for the AE Firm
AE-specific services that treat your growth as more than a transaction.
#### An Anticipatory Approach for the NextGen
Discover how one engineering firm ditched its ineffective business development for a strategic advantage.
 *|* Construction & Real Estate
# Construction & Real Estate
#### To rise above the competition, you require financial solutions that you can build upon.
SN’s industry expertise provides a unique perspective and full appreciation of your day-to-day operational challenges. Active involvement in industry trade organizations, both nationally and regionally, keeps us at the forefront of emerging trends within your industry. To speak directly to your needs, we leverage our deep awareness and understanding of construction and real estate to develop innovative and proactive solutions.
* Overhead rate audits
* Tax credits
* Corporate, partnership & individual tax
* Design of internal control, transactional processing, & financial reporting systems
* Job costing assistance
* Bid spread review and consultation, contract provision and surety analysis
* Succession planning
* Value advisory
* Operational review benchmarking analysis
* Incentive compensation
* Transaction consulting
* Outsourced accounting & CFO advisory
* Workforce & recruiting solutions
* Technology solutions
## Success Starts with a Solid Foundation.
## Industry Pathways
Choose from solutions designed to elevate your success.
Meet the People Behind Our Passion
Steve Snyder, CPA, CCIFPDirector, Assurance **Learn More**Nikki Hoffman, CPADirector, Assurance **Learn More**Patrick Dolan, CPASenior Manager **Learn More**Julie Felpel, CPASenior Manager, Assurance **Learn More**Featured Blog
#### Seller-Doers: The Front Lines of AEC Client Experience
Learn the critical role Seller-Doers play in the client experience.
#### Cybersecurity to Protect & Defend
Protection of your data isn’t optional. Learn more about SN’s proactive cyber services.
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#### Service Revenue with a Dash of SALT
Gain valuable insight and tips on state and local tax compliance.
 *|* Professional Services
# Professional Services
#### Time is one of your most valuable and scarce resources; and it’s best spent serving your clients.
The partnership we form with our clients is one where we focus on you, so you can focus on your own clients. In addition to traditional accounting, tax, and audit services, we invest in talent and resources to support every area of your business and every phase of your lifecycle.
As a growth-driven professional services firm ourselves, we have first-hand experience designing strategies that lead directly to your goals. Applying proven techniques to keep you financially healthy and operationally sound, our experts do the heavy lifting so you can focus on growing your business instead of running it.
## Numbers are Only Part of Your Story.
Choose from a full menu of solutions.
Chad Bumbaugh, CPADirector, Tax **Learn More**Kelly Chambers, CPADirector, Tax **Learn More**Featured Content
**Is Your Accounting Working *for* Your Business or Against It?**Not sure if outsourced accounting is for you, this infographic helps you decide if outsourcing is the right fit for your business.
#### State and Local Tax
Lean on our experts for help navigating the complex state and local tax landscape.
#### IT Strategy: Starting Where You Are
Learn how to choose a strategy path that will serve you not only where you are today but helps you get where you’d like to be in the future.