Meet the Firms Week - It's Your Career. Take Control.
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This document discusses the CPA profession and career. It outlines three major attributes of a profession as having a distinct body of knowledge, commitment to public interest through licensing, and a code of conduct. It notes the high demand for CPAs from employers, with solid salary growth and many industries seeking accountants. The presentation recommends knowing yourself through assessments, knowing your network through professional associations, and keeping up to date by following accounting blogs and thought leaders on social media.
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Meet the Firms Week - It's Your Career. Take Control.
- 1. It's Your Career. Take Control.
- 3. Download today’s slides at www.slideshare.net/RJBrownCPA
- 4. A profession has 3 major attributes: • A distinct and evolving body of knowledge • A commitment to the public interest – licensed by the government • A code of conduct and ethics State CPA License
- 5. The CPA profession is part of the bigger infrastructure that supports the US free market system. Like the pipes under urban streets, it is often invisible until it breaks. A useful framework to understand the CPA profession
- 7. 91% of all firms forecasting that hiring of accounting graduates will be the same or greater in the upcoming year. 33% of all firms expect their number of licensed CPAs on staff to be greater next year than the previous year.
- 8. High Demand Employers: CPA - most desired credential Solid salary growth – 4.7% predicted increase in 2016 Entry-level demand strong Robert Half 2016 Salary Guide Top Financial Positions in Demand Fastest Growing Industries
- 10. If you don't have a vision for yourself, you will just get sucked into somebody else's vision. - Watts Wacker, futurist
- 11. Know Yourself
- 14. www.AICPA.org State Societies – cpa.tc/state National Association of Black Accountants www.NABAinc.org
- 15. Know Your Stuff
- 17. Top Books
- 19. Learning with Social Media
- 20. Top to Follow @TomHood @ThisWaytoCPAYour Future Employer @FAFNorwalk @AccountingToday @AccountingFly
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- Special Accounting Major presentation on a career in accounting and the job outlook for becoming a CPA. MACPA CEO Tom Hood, voted second most influential leader in the CPA Profession in Accounting Today’s 2013 list of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting (his ninth time on the list) sees five fundamental shifts facing accounting now – Leadership, Learning, Technology, Generations and Workplace. In a world of rapid change and increasing complexity, the winners will be those individuals and organizations who can keep their L>C², their rate of learning must be greater than the rate of change and greater than their competition. Tom’s updates are always popular for CPAs and include the latest trends and issues the profession is facing locally, nationally, and globally.
- US GAAP went from 25,000 pages to 17,000 with Codifcation (compared to 2,500 for IFRS) According to the US Government Printing Office, it's 13,458 pages in total. The full text of Title 26 of the United States Code (the part written by Congress--available for an additional $179) is a mere 3,387 printed pages, bringing the adjusted gross page count to 16,845.
- You are entering the workforce and the profession at a great time. There are a ton of opportunities for those graduating with accounting degrees.