ACCOUNTING RECRUITING WORKSHOP

September 11, 2014

Tonight’s Agenda

Introductions, Welcome, Brief Overview Deborah Medlar

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” Preparing for interviews

Q&A with Recruiters: Jennifer Kane (Bernston Porter) & Lizzie Rahm (Clark Nuber)

Presented by Deborah Medlar

Careers in Public Accounting

Careers in Accounting

Your accounting degree will open the door to many different career paths! The Private Sector

Companies like Boeing, Amazon, 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

Local Firms:

Clark Nuber,

Sweeney Conrad

Berntson & Porter,

Bader Martin,

Falco Sult

Peterson Sullivan

RH2

Various sizes of public accounting firms

The “Big 4” International Firms Deloitte KPMG PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) Ernst & Young

National Firms BDO, Grant Thornton, McGladrey

Regional Firms Moss Adams, Clifton Larson Allen,

.

Public Accounting Recruiting

Who? Public Accounting Firms

What? Recruiting interns for summer and a few winter jobs and full-time associates to start mostly NEXT Summer

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 2015 or Summer

2015 Internship (full-time)

More than 1 year away from CPA eligibility (225 credits)

Audit, Tax, Advisory Local or Nationwide Summer or Fall

2015 start date Will be CPA eligible

by Fall 2015 (225 credits)

Paid Internships Full-Time Professional

Process

Events (Now-October) Meet the Professionals Night BAP Meetings Networking Events

HuskyJobs Resumes and other documents Upload NOW! 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

Process (Continued)

Audit vs. Tax What are firms looking for?

Resume Cover Letter Types of Experience

Interview & Professional Etiquette Tips

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 Evan CarmanUW 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

Preparing for your Interview…

What to wear Men: Clean and pressed suit and tie, polished shoes, dark

socks Women: Suit (knee length skirt or pants), panty hose (no bare

legs!), minimal jewelry, no perfume, closed toe shoes, small purse

What does this look like? Please see handout

Preparing for your Interview…

Mock Interview

Bothell Interview Dates

Interviews will be held in a room in the Student Success Center. Come to UW1-160 to check in. 10/8/14 Moss Adams 10/10/14 Peterson Sullivan 10/16/14 Vine Dahlen 10/17/14 Clifton Larson Allen 10/20/14 Clark Nuber 10/21/14 Bader Martin 10/22/14 Rekdal Hopkins Howard 10/23/14 Bernston Porter 10/24/14 McGladrey

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!

BUT BETA ALPH PSI HAS LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND RELATED OBLIGATIONS, SO DON’T JOIN JUST FOR THE

NETWORKING!

Upcoming Dates

Presentations will be held in the Discovery Hall Building. Come to DISC-162 to check in. 09/24/14 Falco Sult 09/29/14 Moss Adams 10/01/14 McGladrey 10/06/14 Peterson Sullivan 10/08/14 RH2 (Rekdal Hopkins Howard) 10/13/14 CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) 10/27/14 Bader Martin 11/05/14 Sweeney Conrad 11/17/14 VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance)