1. Accounting Recruiting Workshop

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

3. Careers in Public Accounting

4. 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!)

5. 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

6. Various Sizes of Public Accounting Firms
The “Big 4” International Firms
Deloitte
KPMG
PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC)
Ernst & Young
National Firms
BDO
Grant Thornton
RSM US (formerly McGladrey)

7. Various Sizes of Public Accounting Firms
Local Firms:
Clark Nuber
Sweeney Conrad
Berntsen Porter & Company
Bader Martin
Falco Sult
Peterson Sullivan
Rekdal Hopkins Howard
Clifton Larson Allen (CLA)

8. 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

9. Positions Available Full-Time Professional Paid Internships
Audit, Tax, Advisory
Local or Nationwide
Summer or Fall 2017 start date
Will be CPA eligible by Fall 2017 (225CR)
Paid Internships
Winter 2017 or Summer 2017 Internship (FT)
More than 1 year away from CPA eligibility (225CR)

10. Process Events (Now-October) HuskyJobs On-Campus Interviews (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

11. 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

12. Requirements to sit for the CPA Exam
CPA Licensure Requirements
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)

13. Specifics about the process
Presented by UW Bothell Career Center

14. 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)!

15. 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!

16. 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.

17. 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

18. Preparing for your Interview…
Resources
Make an appointment for a practice interview
Learn about the Elevator Speech
Visit Career Services
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

19. Bothell Interview dates
Company
October 10
Viine Dahlen, PLLC
October 11
Rekdal Hopkins Howard
October 13
Moss Adams LLP
October 17
Berntson Porter & Company
October 20
Bader Martin
Sweeney Conrad

20. THIS IS YOUR BEST OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK AND FIND A JOB!
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!

21. Meet the professionals
September 30 (Friday) 6:30-9:30, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Seattle  - Another Meet the Firms event…critical to go to. 
Information available on the WWU BAP website
This is hosted by Western Washington University, but UWB students and all Washington State accounting majors, except from UW Seattle, are invited.

22. Questions?