Claremont McKenna College Career Services Center
Resources for Careers in Accounting
Accounting Overview
Vault Career Insider (access from CMConnect)
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Vault Guide to Accounting – available for download.
Vault Guide to Top 50 Accounting Firms – available for download.
Careers in Accounting (http://www.careers-in-accounting.com/)
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Overview of careers in Accounting and the Accounting industry
Quickmba.com (www.quickmba.com/accounting/)
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Short summary review of major accounting principles
FASB (www.fasb.org)
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Information to brush up on recent changes in Accounting and GAAP
CPA Exam
Becker CPA (www.beckercpa.com)
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General Information on how and why to become a CPA
Information on each state’s requirements to sit for the CPA Exam
Timeline for preparing for the Exam
Exam preparation information
Uniform CPA Exam (www.cpa-exam.org)
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Information on taking and applying for the CPA Exam
Registration and Timeline for sitting for the exam
California Board of Accountancy (http://www.dca.ca.gov/cba/)
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Very important state-specific information on sitting for the CPA Exam as well as
becoming a Certified Public Accountant in California
For other states, search Google for “Board of Accountancy”
Review Courses
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Becker CPA Exam Review Course (www.beckercpa.com)
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Roger Phillips CPA Exam Review Course (www.rogercpareview.com)
Career Center Resources
Alumni Database: https://webapps.cmc.edu/alumni-career/login.php
(Login & password are the same as school email)
• Search Industry/Professions such as “Accounting” or Finance-Accounting”
Revised 12/21/2010
On-Campus Resources
Claremont Accounting Association (CAA)
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On-campus accounting association that organizes firm events and notifies
students of opportunities within Accounting. All Economics-Accounting students
are automatically added to mailing list. Contact Professor Massoud for further
information.
Professors
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Marc Massoud
Jim Taylor
Joshua Rosett
Ananda Ganguly
George Batta
Matthew Magilke
Revised 12/21/2010