ACCOUNTING
RECRUITING
WORKSHOP
September 12, 2012
Tonight’s Agenda
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6:00pm Enjoy Dinner
6:30pm Program Begins
 Introductions,
Welcome, Brief Overview
 Kelli Cline, Moss Adams
 A recruiter’s
 Ron
perspective
Tilden
 General
 Career
 More
background on careers in Public Accounting
Services Staff
about the recruiting process
 Specifics about who’s hiring and the use of “Husky Jobs”
What is “Accounting Recruiting?”
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Who?
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What?
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September-December
Why?
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Recruiting interns and full-time associates
When?
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Public Accounting Firms
To get a great job and explore career options!
How?
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Through on-campus interviews and recruiting events
Positions Available
Paid Internships
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Audit, Tax, Advisory
Local or Nationwide
Winter 2013 or Summer
2013 Internship (fulltime)
More than 1 year away
from CPA eligibility
(225 credits)
Full-Time Professional
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Audit, Tax, Advisory
Local or Nationwide
Summer or Fall 2013
start date
Will be CPA eligible by
Fall 2013 (225 credits)
Process
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Events (Now-October)
 Meet
the Professionals Night
 BAP Meetings
 Networking Events
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HuskyJobs
 Resumes
and other documents
 Deadlines begin in early October
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On-Campus Interviews (October)
 Occur
in Career Services (UW Seattle & UW Bothell)
throughout mid-October
Process (Continued)
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Second Round Interviews (October-November)
 Interviewing
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at the firms office
Offers (November-December)
 Usually
out by mid-November, varies by firm
Kelli Cline – Moss Adams
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Audit vs. Tax
What are firms looking for?
 Resume
 Cover
Letter
 Types of Experience
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Interview & Professional Conduct Tips
Careers in Accounting
Presented by Ron Tilden
Careers in Accounting
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Your accounting degree will open the door to many
different career paths!
 The
Private Sector
 Companies
 The
like Boeing, Microsoft and many more
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
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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
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The “Big 4” International Firms
Deloitte
 KPMG
 PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC)
 Ernst & Young
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Regional Firms
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National Firms
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Moss Adams, Clark Nuber, Bader Martin, Sweeney Conrad,
Peterson Sullivan, etc.
BDO, Grant Thornton, McGladrey
Local Firms
Requirements to sit for the CPA
exam
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View them yourself at:
http://www.cpaboard.wa.gov/CertificateLicense/educat
ion_requirements.shtml
Generally speaking:
A college degree
 225 credit hours – resulting in the infamous “5th year”
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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)
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Specifics about the process…
Presented by Kristin Hunt
UW Bothell Career Services
How it works…
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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
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Make sure to include on your Resume…
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GPA
Graduation Date
CPA Eligibility
Beta Alpha Psi involvement
Leadership positions
For your Cover Letters…
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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
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Log-in
Set up your profile
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Upload your application material
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Complete ALL of the tabs
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.
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Interview Invitations
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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…
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Resources
Make an appointment for a practice interview
 Learn about the Elevator Speech
 Visit www.uwb.edu/career
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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
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Bothell Interview Dates
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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
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National honorary accounting society
Requirements:
3.0 GPA; Cumulative and upper level accounting
 Significant service hours (community service and
professional development)
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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
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THIS IS YOUR BEST OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK
AND FIND A JOB!
Upcoming Dates
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BAP Bar-b-que
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First BAP Meeting – Moss Adams speaking
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Thursday September 13th, 6pm, Blythe Park
September 26th at 6:00pm
Meet the Professionals
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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!