Tom Hood, a leading figure in the accounting profession, gave career advice to the McDonogh School Class of 2014. He emphasized that the most important skill is the ability to acquire new skills quickly, as the business world is changing rapidly. He provided five pieces of advice: know your strengths and passions; create and protect your personal brand; keep your learning rate higher than the rate of change; work hard like an immigrant; and think creatively like an artist. Hood concluded by encouraging students to connect and collaborate with him on various social media platforms.
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The only career advice you'll ever need - McDonogh School 2014 Senior Class
1. The only career
advice you will ever
need…
!
McDonogh School
Class of 2014
February 25, 2014!
2. Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA
!
If there is a conversation about the future of
the profession, you're bound to hear Hood's
name mentioned as one of the people
leading the way.
– Accounting Today Magazine!
Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA
CEO
MACPA www.macpa.org
and
Business Learning Institute (BLI)
www.blionline.org!
• Named the Second Most Influential in
Accounting by Accounting Today Magazine
2013
• Linked-In Top 150 Influencer
• Top 25 Influencers in Learning & HR by HR
Examiner
• Top 25 Thought Leaders in Public Accounting
by CPA Practice Adviser
• Working on Learning Management with
AICPA/CPA2Biz, Cloud Curriculum,
Performance Management !
http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomhood/!
13. Picture: John Drake - Flickr
!
“…where the most important skill is the ability to
acquire new skills…” - Robert Safian - FastCompany!
14. “In
a
period
of
rapid
change
and
increasing
complexity,
the
winners
are
going
to
be
the
people
who
can
LEARN
faster
than
the
rate
of
CHANGE
and
faster
than
their
COMPETITION.”
-‐
Tom
Hood,
CPA.CITP.CGMA
6/24/13!
T
!
!
15. You can’t beat the machine…!
But you can win if you work with the machine…!
18. Career
Advice
Winning
the
race
against
the
machine!
1. Know Yourself - Strengths, Values & Passions!
2. Create & Protect your brand - You are the CEO
of You, Inc.!
3. Keep your L>C!
4. Work like an immigrant!
5. Think like an artist
!
20. Follow
me
on:
Tom
Hood,
CPA.CITP.CGMA
CEO
ü
TwiPer:
hPp://www.TwiPer.com/tomhood
Maryland
Associa<on
of
CPAs
ü
LinkedIn:
hPp://www.linkedin.com/in/tomhood
Business
Learning
Ins<tute
(443)
632-‐2301
ü
Facebook:
hPp://www.facebook.com/thoodcpa
E-‐mail
tom@macpa.org
ü Slideshare:
hPp://www.slideshare.net/thoodcpa
Web
hQp://www.macpa.org
Blog
hQp://www.cpasuccess.com
ü Youtube:
hPp://www.youtube.com/thoodcpa
Blog
hQp://www.bizlearningblog.com