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ACCOUNTING RECRUITING WORKSHOP
September 12, 2012
Tonight’s Agenda
6:00pm Enjoy Dinner 6:30pm Program Begins
Introductions, Welcome, Brief Overview Kelli Cline, Moss Adams
A recruiter’s perspective Ron Tilden
General background on careers in Public Accounting Career Services Staff
More about the recruiting process Specifics about who’s hiring and the use of “Husky Jobs”
What is “Accounting Recruiting?”
Who? Public Accounting Firms
What? Recruiting interns and full-time associates
When? September-December
Why? To get a great job and explore career options!
How? Through on-campus interviews and recruiting events
Positions Available
Audit, Tax, Advisory Local or Nationwide Winter 2013 or Summer
2013 Internship (full-time)
More than 1 year away from CPA eligibility (225 credits)
Audit, Tax, Advisory Local or Nationwide Summer or Fall 2013
start date Will be CPA eligible
by Fall 2013 (225 credits)
Paid Internships Full-Time Professional
Process
Events (Now-October) Meet the Professionals Night BAP Meetings Networking Events
HuskyJobs Resumes and other documents Deadlines begin in early October
On-Campus Interviews (October) Occur in Career Services (UW Seattle & UW Bothell)
throughout mid-October
Process (Continued)
Second Round Interviews (October-November) Interviewing at the firms office
Offers (November-December) Usually out by mid-November, varies by firm
Kelli Cline – Moss Adams
Audit vs. Tax What are firms looking for?
Resume Cover Letter Types of Experience
Interview & Professional Conduct Tips
Presented by Ron Tilden
Careers in Accounting
Careers in Accounting
Your accounting degree will open the door to many different career paths! The Private Sector
Companies like Boeing, Microsoft and many more The Government and Not-for-Profit Sectors
The State Auditor, IRS, various regulatory agencies, etc. Public Accounting
This is the topic of today’s workshop The recruiting process for public accounting is very
structured and it happens very early in the year (now!)
Public Accounting Firms
Provide specialized accounting services to their clients (let’s discuss briefly the difference between publicly held companies and private companies): Annual Audits:
Of their financial statements Of their system of internal controls (new with SOX)
Tax Services Consulting Services
Although such services were severely curtailed by SOX
Various sizes of public accounting firms
The “Big 4” International Firms Deloitte KPMG PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) Ernst & Young
Regional Firms Moss Adams, Clark Nuber, Bader Martin, Sweeney Conrad,
Peterson Sullivan, etc. National Firms
BDO, Grant Thornton, McGladrey Local Firms
Requirements to sit for the CPA exam
View them yourself at: http://www.cpaboard.wa.gov/CertificateLicense/education_requirements.shtml
Generally speaking: A college degree 225 credit hours – resulting in the infamous “5th year”
The 180 day provision may be relevant to many people 36 credit hours in accounting, of which 22.5 must be
“upper level” (Our program achieves this) 36 credit hours in general business courses (Our
program achieves this)
Presented by Kristin HuntUW Bothell Career Services
Specifics about the process…
How it works…
Prepare your application materials Apply for positions online via HuskyJobs and
company websites Receive invitations to interview Sign-up for interview times Prepare your interview outfit Interview on-campus (Seattle or Bothell) Interview on-site Receive your offer(s)!
Prepare Your Application Materials
Make sure to include on your Resume… GPA Graduation Date CPA Eligibility Beta Alpha Psi involvement Leadership positions
For your Cover Letters… Address which position you are applying for Address how you plan to complete your 5th year requirements (ie – when will you
be CPA eligible?)
Make an appointment and come to the Career Center to have your resume and cover letter reviewed!
Apply via HuskyJobs
Log-in Set up your profile
Complete ALL of the tabs Upload your application material
Resume, cover letter, transcript, occasionally writing sample Apply for OCI (on-campus interview) positions
When applying, you can select what application material to include with each application
All of the firms will also ask you to apply via their website as well. YOU MUST DO BOTH.
Interview Invitations
At the end of the resume drop period, the employer will review applications
If you are selected for an interview, you will be notified via email as well as in HuskyJobs
On the date interviews open, you will be able to select an interview time Keep in mind that SOME of the interviews will be at the
Seattle campus Leave enough time for parking and finding your way, 1.5
hrs is suggested
Preparing for your Interview…
Resources Make an appointment for a practice interview Learn about the Elevator Speech Visit www.uwb.edu/career
What to wear Men: Clean and pressed suit and tie, polished shoes, black socks Women: Suit (knee length skirt or pants), panty hose (no bare
legs!), minimal jewelry, no perfume, closed toe shoes, small purse
Bothell Interview Dates
Interviews will be held in a room off the Career Center, come to UW1 161 for your interview 10/12/12: Moss Adams 10/17/12: McGladrey 10/18/12: Deloitte 10/22/12: Clark Nuber
Beta Alpha Psi
National honorary accounting society Requirements:
3.0 GPA; Cumulative and upper level accounting Significant service hours (community service and professional
development) All students are welcome to attend the meetings.
October meetings will have speakers from accounting firms talking about careers in public and private sector
Note on the sign in sheet if you are interested in BAP
THIS IS YOUR BEST OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK AND FIND A JOB!
Upcoming Dates BAP Bar-b-que
Thursday September 13th, 6pm, Blythe Park
First BAP Meeting – Moss Adams speaking September 26th at 6:00pm
Meet the Professionals October 5th; 6:00pm, Crown Plaza Hotel in Seattle $25, pay at the door
DO YOU WANT TO BE A BAP LEADER? TALK TO Aaron, Wendy, or Jay
You get: leadership skills, access to recruiters, resume builder, fun, and more!