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!