-: Make sure that you graduate with your 150,
because that way, it sets you up, sets you up
to be able to take the CPA exam, which is kind of what you
want to do if you're gonna be going into public accounting.
And then also, I would say, again, just be open
and communicate with anybody that you're interviewing with.
Definitely take advantage of everything in Accounting Week,
and meet the firms, and setting up interviews.
It's okay to interview with a lot of different firms.
You know, make them, make them pitch to you a little bit,
and see what they have to offer because there is,
there aren't a lot of opportunities out there.
I myself interviewed with
CLA and
RSM and PWC, which are two other accounting firms.
And it took me, it took me like a month to figure out
which firm I eventually wanted to end up with.
So take your time and talk it out, communicate.
Make sure that whoever you're interviewing with
knows what you want, because if you don't tell them what you
want, you're gonna end up in a position
you don't wanna be in.
Obviously there's basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word,
that's basically as far as it goes,
but people are really caught up in like,
I need to know QuickBooks, and I need to know
all of these different accounting softwares,
and I need to know how to prep
a tax return before I even start.
But I showed up at my first financial statement review,
I was a little nervous and I was talking to my senior
on the job, and I was like, "Nick, I don't know, I don't
think I know what I'm doing."
And he was like, "Do you know that debits
should equal credits?"
And I was like, "Yeah."
He was like, "We'll be fine."
So it, there really isn't that many tools of the trade
that you need to know, you just need to keep an open mind,
come ready to learn, so much of it is on-the-job training.
College, college teaches you, I'm a true believer that
college teaches you how to learn, and then once you
get into the job you're gonna be in, once you get into the
career you're gonna be in, you'll know how to learn
quick enough and you'll be able to do it.
So know that debits should equal credits.