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Volume
7, Issue 2
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April
2007
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CPA Hits Primetime!
If you qualified
to sit for the CPA Exam prior to when the 150-hour requirement
went into effect on July 1, 2006, you may have to sit for the
Exam by December 31, 2008. The Virginia
Board of Accountancy (BOA) is planning on issuing a regulation
to set this deadline. Stay tuned for more info on this from the
VSCPA!
Did you know that employers are hiring more new grads now than ever before? According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Job Outlook 2007 Spring Update survey, employers are planning to hire 19 percent more graduates in 2007 than last year. Those numbers translate to salaries, too. Between 1990 and 2005, accounting grads have seen a 9 percent increase in starting salary, NACE found. Today, the average salary offer to accounting graduates is $47,421.
You may have seen employers at career fairs around campus, but did you know that's one of their preferred ways of getting in contact with you? A survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) found that on-campus recruiting tied with offering internships as the best method for recruiting new college hires. So take note, and take advantage of job fairs at your school! Other ways
employers discover hot new talent are through employee referrals,
co-op programs, other job fairs, campus Web job postings and faculty
contacts.
Salary negotiation
can be intimidating, especially if you're trying to land your
first real-world job. Luckily, it's not as hard as you think.
Check
out these tips for answering the salary question in job
interviews, from doing your homework to never revealing an exact
number and more.
The VSCPA Educational Foundation offers a great new program for Virginia's finest college accounting students. The Leaders' Institute will be held June 15–17, 2007, at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, established with a $100,000 gift from Beers & Cutler. Attendees will develop interviewing, leadership and team-building skills, while learning more about business etiquette, choosing the right employer, surviving the CPA Exam, managing personal finances and transitioning into the marketplace. Attendees include students nominated by their professors and VSCPA scholarship recipients. The Foundation thanks these sponsors for their generosity: Founding Sponsor:
Beers
& Cutler
Are you looking for the right internship opportunity? Some students are paying search firms to find the right fit, according to SmartPros, even for just a few months. These businesses help students write résumés, identify potential employers and find summer housing. The VSCPA has a free online internship directory that can connect you to businesses around Virginia looking for students! Search by geographic region.
Some CPAs choose to specialize in smaller niche areas. One option is business valuation, or the process of determining the fair market value of an owner's interest in a business. This is an exciting field with endless opportunities not just in valuation, but also mergers & acquisitions, marital dissolutions, domain issues and much more. The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has a credential, Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV), for these CPAs to show they have been properly trained and educated in business valuation. The AICPA even has a special practice section devoted to this area, called the Business Valuation and Forensic & Litigation Services Center. Learn more about the ABV credential and if specializing in this area is right for you!
Don't forget: As a VSCPA student member, you receive these great discounts: Visit the "Discounts & Shopping" section of the VSCPA Web site for more saving opportunities! To log in to see the discounts, you must put in your user name (last name) and password (member ID number). After logging in once, you may change your password to whatever you wish. | ||||||||||||||||
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