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runnercpa88
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[/QUOTE]I'm finishing undergrad this year (actually this semester, graduating a semester early), so i definitely lucked out because they recruit heavily from my school. But I have heard of people graduating, getting a couple years of work experience in private accounting, and get into the Big 4. One of the associates that I met at PwC went through that route, so I think it's definitely very possible.You might want to try getting hired as an experienced hire. I'm pretty sure you would be overqualified for an internship, and maybe even entry level associate. Here's the website for PwChttp://www.pwc.com/us/en/careers/experienced/index.jhtmlI 'm pretty sure there is something similar for all the Big 4.Edit: K I don't know why it's not letting me properly link it, but that's the link[/QUOTE]
Hi gbadude,
Thanks for your suggestion. Congratulations for getting the offer from PwC. May I ask which state are you from? Thanks.
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Thanks! I'm from CA. Very large market, but also very competitive
because of UCs and USC
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Did you apply to audit or tax? Did you apply through your school's Career center?< id="gwProxy" ="">< ="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" ="">
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Why are accounting firms showing up at college career fairs when they've been laying people off?
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gbadude
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soc09 wrote:
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I applied through my school's career center. The Big 4 and a lot of the smaller firms recruit heavily from my school. I believe this is the case for most schools actually. From what I've heard, your best bet is actually to go through your school's recruiting center. If Big 4 is on your campus for any events, DON'T MISS IT. It's a lot harder to get your foot into the door once you're out of school. Not impossible, but definitely harder.
I did audit for two reasons. One, I think audit hires more people every season, but that could be wrong. I only say that because in my experience, there are a lot more people going for audit than any other line of service. Plus at least for PwC, audit makes up almost 50% of their revenues. So I think it's fairly safe to assume it's the same case for other firms, and audit would hire the most. But more importantly I chose audit because I think it opens up more doors. Not to knock on any of the other lines of service, but some of them are very specialized. Tax for example is very specialized. From what people have told me, once you're in tax or transfer pricing (or something along those lines), you're kind of stuck in that field. Whereas audit is more general and very applicable to private accounting as a controller or CFO. So yeah, personally I chose audit mostly because I want to keep my options open. I don't know if I want to stay in public accounting forever, and I think the knowledge you learn in audit will be much more useful and a better bargaining chip later on.
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