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roy_mustang
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Actually I would say you would be at an advantage since you are a
minority. The Big 4 and regionals put emphasis on minority recruiting.
I knew two African American females who both had barely a 3.0 and
had offers from multiple national and regional firms.
Of course if you are a white male with a 3.5 and BAP membership, and
enough hours to sit for the CPA exam you get totally ignored. :-/
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Virgil
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What are you talking about? The majority of their new hires in the big 4
are white.
During training I could count the number of minorities on one hand.
This is in a room of 50 or so..
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db729
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roy_mustang wrote:
Actually I would say you would be at an advantage since you are a
minority. The Big 4 and regionals put emphasis on minority recruiting.
I knew two African American females who both had barely a 3.0 and
had offers from multiple national and regional firms.
Of course if you are a white male with a 3.5 and BAP membership, and
enough hours to sit for the CPA exam you get totally ignored. :-/ |
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I don't think being Asian is the right kind of minority if you're expecting preferential treatment...
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Arastiroth
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At least in the NYC office for Ernst & Young, there definitely was not a bias against Asians. We had plenty of Asians in the office, and several partners on my floor that were Asian, as well.
I will admit that there are more white male partners than any other ethnic / gender group (combined), but that isn't due to bias (at least, not completely due to bias).
I will say I can buy the argument that there is a "old boys" club at the top in public accounting, but that has been slowly dying, just like it has been in other industries. By the time you would be up for partner, which is a huge if, I don't see this being a serious issue or concern. Definitely not so to warrant changing career paths.
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beauti92
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Good point, Arastiroth. I just wanted to point out that in New York or L.A., Seattle, or any of the major cities, Asians are not the minorities no more. It's funny becausue there was a discussion about being a minority in my Philosophy and English class, and soon Asians are no longer consider a minority. In fact, if you look for minority scholarships Asians aren't even on the list..I don't know if that's bad or good.
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