-: Obviously get your accounting degree
and I recommend doin' an internship.
When you're in college it's a great opportunity
to go test out a company and see,
one, do you like their culture,
and also they can see
would you be a good fit for the company.
It kinda just lets you experience
what you're every day life could be
in the professional world
without having to fully commit to it.
It let's you go in and check it out
and see what it's all about,
and help you understand where you wanna go after college.
You definitely get involved in organizations,
pretty much every organization
has a spot for a treasurer,
so you could go in and serve as
a treasurer of a organization
and you get to learn how that club works
and it's kind of like a small business.
I feel like every organization really is a mini business
and by being involved in that
you'll learn how to work with others,
you learn how to understand the finances,
and I think all those skills will transfer over
to the professional world.
When I look at your resume,
I would just look at the overall appearance of it.
Is it organized, is it neat, grammatical errors,
is it consistent, the formatting of it,
for me that's a big thing it kinda tells me
if you pay attention to detail,
if you can put together a polished product,
and then I'll dig into the content,
I'll look in to see what experiences you had in college.
Obviously, I look to see how you did as a student,
but I also like to see,
did you go above and beyond
and get involved in campus,
did you hold leadership positions,
and do other things to help develop yourself
while you were in college.
Make connections and I highly recommend using Linkedin.
Actually, I just hired a intern.
He reached out to me,
he was proactive about wanting to come work there,
work in accounting,
and I was impressed by how straightforward
and how persistent he was.
He let me know he was interested
and wanted to see what opportunities were there.
So, even if you know someone,
even if you can come volunteer for a game,
or help participate in some way, shape, or form,
just to get exposed to that organization.
Just be persistent if that's really what you wanna do.
Be persistent and follow up
and just make connections with people
who could help you get the foot in the door.