[Anonymous]

OK i’m going to make this as short as possible since thinking and writing about this experience will only make me mad haha.

-I graduated with a bachelors degree in accounting from a consistently high ranked college with a 3.33 gpa 3.45 in accounting.

-I have about 3 years (mostly part-time work since I was in school) of accounting and finance experience.

-I am graduating with my MBA in May, concentration in Finance GPA of 3.83

-I had an internship with a local firm doing some tax and administrative work during busy season.

-I passed the CPA exam a couple months ago.

-Involved with Accounting Club

I have applied to 11 different CPA firms, 3 of the big 4 no PWC, and numerous ads on Craigslist/Indeed. I have actually applied to a few firms more than once.

To make it worse I also keep seeing Deloitte recruit for entry level tax and audit positions (I’ve applied three times once through an inside contract) and have heard nothing. It’s like getting punched in the nuts every time they relist the position haha.

With that said I have gotten absolutely nowhere…not even an interview!!!

Any advice on why I am getting nowhere fast would be greatly appreciated!!!

[Anonymous]

Have you gone to your campus career center? I know here in Houston they are really helpful. Also have you thought about going to the MBA chair or the Accounting Chair? They usually have a lot of connections that can really help you out. They usually will help you with your resume too.

[TheU_CPA]

Thanks for the suggestions! My campus career center is great but the only problem is that I moved back home to Colorado, which is not the state where I went to college or graduate school, but I went ahead and emailed the Accounting chair at my school and asked if they had any contacts in my area…will let you know what happens!

AUD- 87
FAR- 84
BEC- 82
REG- 69, 71, 70, 90

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