Career Center – UW1-160 – Student Success Center (425) | | Accounting Recruiting Workshop

Tonight’s Agenda Introductions, Welcome, Brief Overview Deborah Medlar o General background on careers in Public Accounting Career Center Staff o More about the recruiting process o Specifics about who’s hiring and the use of “Husky Jobs” o Preparing for interviews Q&A with Recruiters: Employer Representative 2

Careers in Public Accounting 3

Careers in Accounting  Your accounting degree will open the door to many different career paths! The Private Sector o Companies like Boeing, Amazon, Microsoft and many more The Government and Not-for-Profit Sectors o The State Auditor, IRS, various regulatory agencies, etc. Public Accounting o This is the topic of today’s workshop o The recruiting process for public accounting is very structured and it happens very early in the year (now!) 4

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: o Of their financial statements o Of their system of internal controls (new with SOX) Tax Services Consulting Services o Although such services were severely curtailed by SOX 5

Various Sizes of Public Accounting Firms Local Firms:  Clark Nuber,  Sweeney Conrad  Berntsen & Porter,  Bader Martin,  Falco Sult  Peterson Sullivan  RH2 6

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 7

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 8

Positions Available 9 Paid Internships  Audit, Tax, Advisory  Local or Nationwide  Winter 2016 or Summer 2016 Internship (full- time)  More than 1 year away from CPA eligibility (225 credits) Full-Time Professional  Audit, Tax, Advisory  Local or Nationwide  Summer or Fall 2016 start date  Will be CPA eligible by Fall 2016 (225 credits)

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 10

Process (Continued)  Second Round Interviews (October-November) Interviewing at the firms office  Offers (November-December) Usually out by mid-November, varies by firm  Audit vs. Tax  What are firms looking for? Resume Cover Letter Types of Experience  Interview & Professional Etiquette Tips 11

Requirements to sit for the CPA Exam  View them yourself at: n_requirements.shtml n_requirements.shtml  Generally speaking: A college degree 225 credit hours – resulting in the infamous “5 th year” o 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) 12

Specifics about the process Presented by UW Bothell Career Center 13

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)! 14

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 5 th 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! 15

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. 16

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 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 17

Preparing for your Interview…  Resources Make an appointment for a practice interview Learn about the Elevator Speech Visit  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  Mock Interview 18

Bothell Interview Dates  Interviews will be held in a room in the Student Success Center. Come to UW1-160 to check in. 10/12/15 Moss Adams 10/13/15 Falco Sult 10/14/15 Clark Nuber 10/19/15 Bader Martin 10/20/15 Sweeney Conrad 10/21/15 McGladrey 10/22/15 Bernsten Porter 10/23/15 Peterson Sullivan 10/26/15 Clifton Larson Allen More are being added 19

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! 20

Application workshops  SEPTEMBER 15 & 16, 10:00 to 4:00, UW1-120 Computer Lab RSVP please to Travis Takeuchi  APPLICATION WORKSHOPS for getting all of applications to the firms uploaded. The creation of resume, cover letter and application files, as well as the sending of them seems to take most people 20 to 30 hours. YOU DO NOT WANT TO TRY TO DO THIS IN THE WEEK BEFORE THE FILES ARE DUE (MOST during the first week of school) We will have people available to help you do this. 21

Meet the professionals  OCTOBER 2 ND (Friday) 6:30-9:30, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Seattle - Another Meet the Firms event…critical to go to.  Read website events/meet-the-professionals/ and link to RSVP from there. events/meet-the-professionals/  This is hosted by Western Washington University, but UWB students and all Washington State accounting majors, except from UW Seattle, are invited. 22

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