57% of CFOs said job candidates are more likely to ask about work/life balance programs during interviews now than they were five years ago. 68% of CFOs offer their accounting staff alternative scheduling options. 65% percent of workers said a flexible scheduling arrangement might help them choose one job over another.

• 62% of companies have made policy changes in the past five years to better accommodate working parents.
  
  
• 90% of workers feel their companies are supportive of employees' efforts to achieve work/life balance.
  
  
• 86% of executives said involvement in professional associations is beneficial for an employee's career.
  
  
• 52% of employees are satisfied with their manager's performance.
  
  
• 75% of CFO feel verbal, written and interpersonal skills are more important for accounting and finance professionals now than five years ago.
  
  
• 47% of executives agreed that having little or no knowledge about the company is the most common mistake candidates make during job interviews.
  
  
• 97% of professionals polled feel it is important for managers to have a sense of humor.
  
  
• 33% of workers said their employers offered no formal orientation program when they joined the company. However, 87% who received this type of training said it helped prepare them for success with the organization.
  
  
• Executives polled said it takes them just 10 minutes to form an opinion of job seekers, despite meeting with staff-level applicants for 55 minutes and management level candidates for 86, on average.