Author Archives: Russell Garrett

Application Success During Spring Recruiting

There is a stark difference between successful applications that receive offers to interview and those that do not! Are you certain YOUR application is ready?

With the Spring accounting recruiting season (Public Practice Recruiting) in full swing, many students are submitting their applications in hopes of landing a position that will support their goals of completing their CPA and landing employment in their new accounting field. Even though many would agree they need to have every competitive advantage, some students do not think that getting career support to make sure their application is ready to go and ready to make an impact is part of their successful preparation. However, for most, it absolutely is…

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A Spring Public Practice Recruiting Like No Other!

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With Public Practice Firm (PPF) information sessions and events, student club activities, BCCPA events, underway and the “thud” of 2023 job postings dropping left and right, the timing is perfect to get your Spring Public Practice Recruiting (PPR) Job Search in gear! I know, I know, you have mid-terms and soon finals. But don’t use those things as excuses for letting your job search lay idle. It’s time to get busy!

PPFs are really raising the engagement level with students this Spring and more firms are participating in campus recruiting activities than ever before. They have missed connecting with the student body face to face over the past couple of years, and their hiring numbers have slipped as as result. During this same time, business has grown and their needs are greater. So, the competition for the best students are ramping up.

While networking continues, it is important that you are already compiling information and research from these connections to give you a valuable resources for your applications which will be due before you know it.

SOON int will be the time to act and get your applications ready and to have them reviewed by someone than can evaluate your approach, content and presentation. Getting your PPR Application reviewed is CRITICAL to making sure your application is ready for submission. I get it that you are a capable adult learner and can take control of your own career, but my experience is, as capable as you may be, you still could use some help! And, I’m here for you 🙂

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With All The Symptoms Going Around – You Might Need An Appointment!

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Well, I got your attention didn’t I?

The symptoms that I see are related to things that could lead up to being ill-prepared for upcoming career-related life choices. Career health is also something that each student needs to be proactive about rather than waiting until they feel like their career is filled with troubling systems, or worse yet, on life support! You, like so many, probably need a career coaching appointment.

Often students wait until they are nearing their final term to begin to look for work, or even as late as when they complete the program. This is simply far too late to generate any career success or momentum. Often students who choose this approach find themselves unemployed when they complete the DAP program. As a result, anxiety is high, desperation become obvious and it makes it even harder to gain traction for a successful job search.

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Notice: “New in Public Practice Accounting”

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Significant Changes Are Taking Place in 2022 – Make sure YOU are ready!

For many years Public Practice Recruiting has had a structure that has been the foundation of campus recruiting periods for students in post-secondary degree and diploma programs throughout North America. Over the last few years this had changed significantly. With skill shortages on the rise, the human capital needs of firms rising and a pandemic complicating everything, it has made the process of attracting and securing the right talent much more challenging for these firms. Even the CPA associations across Canada have ramped up their recruiting activities to support this process over the past few years.

These realities have caused the firms to take a close look at their needs verses the process in place and have determined it is time to take more control of their hiring practices. No surprise really, as the rest of the labour market works this way for the very same reasons. With this new approaching rolling out in 2022, students will need to pay close attention to five major things:

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