[Prachi Jain]

I am hoping to give all my exams of CPA by March 2017. I am Certified financial Analyst(CFA) and a chartered accountant in India. My basic education is from India and have 7 yrs of experience in finance. I am authorised to work in USA and have been looking to work under a CPA in Baltimore Maryland. Can anyone provide me with any help?

[SeattleCPA]

My only idea would be to contact small firms. They are dying for strong candidates like you.

P.S. Focus on a firm that's got several CPAs already so you know they're doing lots of interesting work.

[Yolonge]

I work in the area. There are quite a few accounting firms in baltimore, owings mils, cockeysvill-sparks area. You can find them on Google maps and see if they are hiring from their website.

Materials: Wiley book + Ninja MCQ

FAR - 83 (Jan 2016)
Study time: 6 weeks
BEC - 87 (April 2016)
Study time: 2 weeks
AUD - 92 (July 2016), (74 Feb 2016), (72 May 2016)
Study time: 4 (Feb) + 2 (May) + 3 (July) = 9 weeks total
REG - (70 April 2016)
Study time: 3 weeks

[Prachi Jain]

is there any way you could help me forward my resume in any of the companies you work for?

[ruggercpa2b]

@PrachiJain its hard for people that do not know you personally or know your work ethic to just be willing to submit your resume. When I submit a resume I have to be able to vouch for that person.

It takes time to look for a job and it can frustrating. However, you will have to put in the work. It took me almost a year to find another job when I was looking to leave Big 4.

As everyone suggested,do a google search and find firms and reach out to each firm. Also look on indeed.com and look on Linkedin. I would make sure to update your Linkedin profile. Another thing is to look for jobs in industry as well that are looking for someone that is either a CPA or working on their CPA. Some companies will have a CPA that can sign off on experience. Everyone gets hung up on just public accounting. But if you really need a job I would cast a wide net and look for everything. In the long run it will be easier to find another job when you already have one.

AUD - 73, 72 retake 7/2/2016
BEC - 8/20/2016
REG - TBD
FAR - TBD

I am so ready for this nightmare to be over. Been at this way too long.

[Prachi Jain]

many thanks for your help

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