Coming Soon....Engagement: Jump Start Your Audit Career in Public Accounting

College graduates across the United States are scrambling for jobs as the recession continues to constrict employment opportunities. Accounting majors are no exception, which is why newly minted accountants are fervently competing for a chance to launch their careers with one of the largest international public accounting firms. Collectively known as the Big Four, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and PricewaterhouseCoopers have refined their highly selective recruiting methods, carefully offering jobs to only the most ambitious, intelligent, and gregarious accounting students. These firms use structured processes and specific criterion for recruiting, training, and developing fresh hires from college campuses across the country. Any accounting student hoping to be hired by a Big Four firm would have a huge advantage in advancing their career were they to have an inside glimpse into the way the firms work and what they expect of job candidates and new hires.

Having been courted by the majority of the Big Four as an accounting student, as well as having spent the first four years of my career as an audit senior associate active in recruiting, training, and mentoring young accounting professionals, I understand the mistakes many students make early in their careers. They often unknowingly handicap their chances of being hired by or advancing their careers with the Big Four because they lack an understanding of how the firms operate and what is expected of them as public accounting professionals.

Engagement: Jump Start Your Audit Career in Public Accounting is the first career field guide to empower accounting students to not only land a job as an auditor with the Big Four, but to also equip them to succeed in this fast-paced, highly competitive environment. By providing a thorough overview of professional terminology, a detailed discussion of the recruiting process, practical recommendations and warnings for new professionals, and an evaluation of what it takes to succeed in the public accounting profession, Engagement: Jump Start Your Audit Career in Public Accounting is the quintessential reference tool for any accounting student or young audit professional.

The book incorporates personal anecdotes from my tenure in public accounting as well as the recommendations and cautionary tales of Big Four senior managers and senior associates interviewed. The book is designed to mentor new accounting practitioners to build a solid professional foundation, thereby unlocking thier career potential.

Engagement: Jump Start Your Audit Career in Public Accounting will be available for download this summer. Stay tuned to The Aspiring CPA for further information.