Networking was the only way for my friend and I to get interviews from the program and ultimately jobs at Big 4 firms. For me it was always a "friend of a friend" thing to get someone to look at my resume, you really must be pro-active and persistent. If you expect the Big 4 Firms to come to you then you are going to be disappointed because it probably is not going to happen unless you go to a school that they heavily recruit at and are among the top of your class. In my experience, if you want someone with decision making power from recruiting to actually look at your resume it has to be given to them by someone that they trust. Then your resume has to be good enough to get you the interview (high grades and relevant experience) and your interview skills, confidence, and personality match must be good enough to make it through several rounds of interviews to get the job.

You can either complain about the process of getting a job or accept it and move forward. The year before I made it to the final round of interviews at the firm that I wanted and unfortunately did not get the job. It hurt but I stayed positive, took a job with a smaller CPA firm, and was determined to try again the next year. As I said in one of my previous posts, this year I received job offers from all the Big Firms that I interviewed at and chose the one that I thought was the best fit.

"The only thing you deserve is what you earn."

-Tom Brands