If you are planning to apply for jobs through CPA Recruit this Fall, you’ll know that a number of the midsize firms have already posted their positions this week with various closing dates:
- Manning Elliott – apply by August 24th
- Smythe – apply by August 22nd
- Wolrige Mahon – Apply by August 17th
Additional postings from other firms are also expected over the next few weeks.
(For more information on what CPA Recruit is all about and whether you should plan to go through this Fall, see CPA Recruit).
To help you prepare your application and for interviews, we’ll be offering two workshops coming up:
- CPA Recruitment Application Preparation Workshop – July 30th, 4:30 pm to 6:15 pm
After meeting Firm representatives at events and in person, the greatest impact you can have on your approach to the Firms is your application. The focus, content, layout, tone, personal branding and how you differentiate yourself in your application documents are all important. Discover the importance of each Firm’s intrinsic differences and plan to create specific applications which have proven to solicit a higher ratio of invitations to interview. Learn how to create a “hook” to attract reviewers and create a desire in them to want to meet you, to learn more about you and consider you as a candidate worthy of an interview. - CPA Recruitment Interview Success Workshop – August 27th, 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Learn how to make first and lasting impressions through what you say and do. The various types of interviews the Firms are known to use and why they use them will be highlighted along with best practices to prepare for every possible scenario. Anticipating firms’ expectations, creating “talking points” and preparing questions for interviewers will help you put your best foot forward. You will discover how to prepare answers for open-ended, behavioural, value-based and case-based questions as well as prepare for conversational interviews, to help you make the greatest possible impact on your interviewer(s). You will leave the workshop with tools for interview success along with strategies for follow up to protect the investment you made to secure them.
Registration for these two workshops is now open on COOL (select Workshops/Events, then Workshops/Other Events from the left side of the page to find the workshop listings).
DAP Career Coach, Russell Garrett will also be available for on-campus coaching appointments on select dates throughout July and August. Currently, appointments are available on July 25th and August 8th. Additional appointments will be added to the schedule shortly and the schedules will be announced here once these appointments are open for registration.
Registration for the July 25th and August 8th appointments can be found on COOL (select Appointments, then Coaching Appointments from the left-hand side of the page, From there, select Request New Appointment and leave all search filters blank to return all available appointment times ).