-: Well I think preparing yourself,
it's certainly going through and taking the extra classes,
getting I think is 150 hours now,
to get certified.
Getting the CPA, getting your letters
is very important,
just for the recognition and the respect
that they get to you.
Coming in and being positive,
you gotta be ready to be a hard worker.
Organizational skills are key.
You got a lot of files on the floor
that you have to manage.
You have to learn how to prioritize.
And I think one of the things that we see
some people come in,
is being able to take constructive criticism.
Not everybody knows everything.
So you always have to be, at any level, at any level,
you have to be able to take constructive criticism.
Again, we're not gonna throw you out to the wolves,
in the first month that you're there.
You're not gonna have to meet with some client
that's running a hundred billion dollar company.
So you're gonna work on the smaller clients first.
And get your feet wet, get comfortable.
You're not gonna be out, like I said,
we're not gonna send you out to the field by yourself.
You're gonna be with a senior person
that's gonna handle...
So you can hear how they're handing the questions.
I always remember when I first started,
I was out with a senior person.
And it seemed like the joke was they were always
off talking to the client all day long.
While I'm doing all the work.
But that's what it is, that's the play
where you're gonna listen to them
and see how they handle it
while you get your feet wet.
Well the financial literacy is understanding
first, financial statements is a very important
part of our, certainly our firm.
The ability to research and come up with
what a financial statement should look like,
what the footnote should look like.
There's also a lot of learning.
That's the one thing with this particular profession.
The learning never stops.
You've got 40 hours of CPE you have to do each year.
And there's always new tax laws coming out,
there's new financial statement regulations.
They're constantly changing the rules.
So you have to be very comfortable with researching,
being aware of that.
And then applying it to financial statements
that are going to banks,
that the clients are sitting down with,
to help them understand the business.
Very important.