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I'm a sophomore in college. Any of you take part in one of the big 4's summer leadership programs in your sophomore year?
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Originally Posted by Sundizzle
Okay to answer your initial question, the job title you are looking for is Staff Accountant (Entry-level). However, with accounting you generally should have a job lined up before you leave college. Most accounting firms recruit heavily at certain times, especially the big 4. With those firms you need stellar academic credentials (3.5 GPA+) to have a chance to get in. Skimming the posts it sounds like you have a sub 3.0 GPA? With accounting there are not very many firms that will hire you directly unless you have a naked pic of the boss or something with that GPA.
Your best bet is to use a recruiting agency/temp work agency like Accounttemps or something similar. They will find temporary (1 week to 3 month) job opportunities for you, given your requests and preferences. It is important to remember what your goal is though and be able to wait until the right position/opportunity comes up. My friend was in a similar position, 2.8 GPA or so and was applying to a lot of places and couldn't get a bite from anyone. He didn't really have any relevant experience either. I told him to try this, he did and they gave him a few different offers of places to work at temporarily. He worked for a firm in the accounting department for 4 months as their temp and at the end of the 4 months they offered him a position as a Staff Accountant (50k). A lot of smaller companies go this route because it gives them a real chance to test out an employee, their nature, their abilities, their fit with the staff, before offering them a permanent position.
Originally Posted by Sundizzle
Okay to answer your initial question, the job title you are looking for is Staff Accountant (Entry-level). However, with accounting you generally should have a job lined up before you leave college. Most accounting firms recruit heavily at certain times, especially the big 4. With those firms you need stellar academic credentials (3.5 GPA+) to have a chance to get in. Skimming the posts it sounds like you have a sub 3.0 GPA? With accounting there are not very many firms that will hire you directly unless you have a naked pic of the boss or something with that GPA.
Your best bet is to use a recruiting agency/temp work agency like Accounttemps or something similar. They will find temporary (1 week to 3 month) job opportunities for you, given your requests and preferences. It is important to remember what your goal is though and be able to wait until the right position/opportunity comes up. My friend was in a similar position, 2.8 GPA or so and was applying to a lot of places and couldn't get a bite from anyone. He didn't really have any relevant experience either. I told him to try this, he did and they gave him a few different offers of places to work at temporarily. He worked for a firm in the accounting department for 4 months as their temp and at the end of the 4 months they offered him a position as a Staff Accountant (50k). A lot of smaller companies go this route because it gives them a real chance to test out an employee, their nature, their abilities, their fit with the staff, before offering them a permanent position.
Originally Posted by SuNiversal
Graduated with a BS/MS in Accounting. I am currently an IT Auditor with PwC. If you have a 3.4 GPA and involved in on campus activities I can get you an interview.
Originally Posted by SuNiversal
Graduated with a BS/MS in Accounting. I am currently an IT Auditor with PwC. If you have a 3.4 GPA and involved in on campus activities I can get you an interview.