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Volume
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November
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Congratulations! You've chosen a fabulous career. BusinessWeek magazine recently released the 95 best companies for new college grads to launch a career, and accounting firms topped the list. The rankings include:
BusinessWeek credits the increased demand for accountants in large part to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Read more on BusinessWeek's theory.
As if you needed more incentive to take the CPA Exam one day, now there's a special inauguration event to honor new licensees. In an exciting new partnership, the VSCPA and Virginia Board of Accountancy (BOA) held the first-ever CPA Inauguration for Virginia's newly licensed CPAs in September. Nearly 80 recent licensees and their guests gathered at the Richmond Marriott for a formal dinner, networking and some well-deserved recognition. The VSCPA and BOA created this capstone event to conclude the process of becoming a CPA, and plan to hold the event twice each year to honor new licensees. Read more about the CPA Inauguration at www.CPAStudentZone.com.
Want help paying for school next year? The VSCPA Educational Foundation awards approximately $31,000 in accounting scholarships each year! New this year, the Educational Foundation has added three additional scholarships to its host of financial aid options, including: Click here (.PDF) to download your complete scholarship package, including an application, description of each scholarship, eligibility requirements and an application checklist. All scholarship applications and supplemental materials must be submitted to the VSCPA Educational Foundation, P.O. Box 4620, Glen Allen, VA 23058-4620, postmarked no later than January 10, 2008.
Now that you're back in the swing of classes, don't forget these VSCPA programs and resources that can help you have a great year!
Contact VSCPA Community Relations Coordinator Tracey Zink at (804) 422-6716 with questions or to request a speaker.
There's no time like the present to start looking for a job, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Results from NACE's survey of last year's graduating students, which was conducted in March and April, revealed that 71 percent of responding students had either planned to or already begun looking for a full-time job after graduation. Of those who had submitted applications, 51.2 percent had a job lined up. Many of the students who had accepted offers relied heavily on their campus career resources, according to the report, while those who were unsuccessful relied on job postings and external resources. Don't wait! Visit your campus's career center today, and learn more about last year's job search statistics at www.vscpa.com.
If you're considering attending graduate school, don't leave any financial aid opportunities on the table. A recent article from AccountingWEB offers several ideas on where to find resources to help fund your graduate education, including:
If you're in the market for an accounting job or internship, take advice from experts on how to avoid major potholes:
Once you know what not to do, check out some tips on what to do:
YouTube, Facebook and other social media outlets aren't just for mindless diversion anymore. They are now meeting places for accounting firms and job candidates. Recently, various firms have held contests on YouTube and launched networking pages on Facebook and MySpace in order to attract accounting students and provide insight into life at their firms. Read about this new wave of recruitment from SmartPros, and poke around online to learn a bit more about some of the firms and companies on your list.
With billions of dollars flowing in and out of the Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas, you better believe there are some key auditors behind the scenes. Casinos and other gaming outlets rely on accountants in a big way! If closing the day's business at 5 a.m. instead of 5 p.m., traveling and even meeting celebrities sounds like a good time to you, perhaps you'd enjoy an accounting career in the gaming industry. But with all the glamour comes a great deal of pressure to deal with fast-flowing cash. The gaming industry may be a narrow career niche, but it represents the endless possibilities the accounting profession offers. Read
more about this specific career path from the Journal
of Accountancy.
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