-: So obviously, accounting,
you're gonna want to major in accounting.
And then to sit for the CPA exam,
which you're encouraged to do
if you're gonna be an accountant,
you have to graduate with 150 credit hours.
And you can do that a variety of ways.
You can just, you can take some other classes and get there,
you can double major, you can get your master's.
So there's a lot of different avenues.
Getting your master's in accounting is important,
and/or having another major like finance,
something like that.
I will say, typically for us, we don't put any
additional emphasis, you know,
if an individual double majors in accounting and finance
or if they went and got their master's,
we don't necessarily put one over the other.
They're, you know, both important.
And it's what's important to the student.
But the primary thing would be getting the 150 credit hours
upon graduation, that way you can sit for the CPA exam
to eventually kind of move up
and stay with a firm for a long period of time.
And then something else we look for on resumes
is work experience.
Now, it doesn't necessarily have to be
applicable to the accounting field.
It's just, were you able to work
and go to school at the same time?
Were you able to manage your time effectively?
So that's something we look for.
Typically, you know, if you're working
while you're in school, that shows a lot about you
as a worker, as an individual.
You're hard-working.
So that's important to us.
And then extracurricular activities.
You know, if we look at a resume
and your GPA is subpar, and you're not working,
and you're not in any extracurricular activities,
you know, what's going on?
But, you know, if you maintain a good GPA
and you're busy, you know, you're involved in the campus
or a not-for-profit organization
or doing something different, that's also important.
And it says a lot about, you know,
how you prioritize, how you've been able to succeed
while you've been in school.