[KADFC]

Get ready for a long rambling.

I’m getting mixed messages and I’m kinda lost on what I should do. I graduated this March with a Bachelor’s in Accounting. I don’t have a job yet. I could easily find a job, but which are NOT accounting related. One of the biggest factor of me not getting any accounting jobs is that I don’t have a experience. On top of that, my GPA isn’t that great.

At this point in time, I don’t actually care what kind of firm I work in, I just want experience. However, I read a message somewhere about a guy that got a job offering after he put on his resume that he has passed 2 of the CPA Exam sections. I was thinking about doing the same thing. Yet, it never mentioned if he has experience before or not, nor does it indicate what his GPA was.

Well, now it’s October and I know for a fact Big 4 is recruiting at PSU (the school where I graduated from). I might even be too late to the party at this point. I only took FAR last week and planning to take AUD in November. At that point, my grades won’t show until end of Nov/Early December.

So my question is, what should I do? Should I start “job hunting” again? Should I just stick with studying and pass all 4 and then work on my experience (1 year under a CPA). Do people/firms accept people who has passed the CPA exam, but don’t have no work experience. I really don’t know how it works.

Regardless, I just want to say, this is driving me crazy. Recruiting season is just starting and by the time I get done with my exams (late Feb) it will all be over. At that point, is there anything left for me or do I have to wait until next Fall instead?

FAR - 62 (10/2/13), 50 (5/30/14)
AUD - 73 (10/30/13), 66 (5/6/14)
REG - 69 (4/8/14)
BEC - 66 (2/27/13), 73 (4/21/14)

[Anonymous]

@KADFC Job-hunting does take a lot of time. But, I don't think you'll find you're able to actually study 8, 10, or 12 hours a day. Most people on here are working while taking their exams and still able to do them at a reasonable pace. So, if you spent a certain number of hours a day focusing on job-hunting and then have a few hours for studying too. Or certain days for each. Like you could job-hunt in the morning, take a break for lunch, study in the afternoon, take a break for supper, and then get another hour in before bed, and be studying fully as much as if you weren't job hunting. Or do like Tues and Thurs are for job-hunting, the other days are for studying, something like that. You have plenty of time for job-hunting and studying both. It's still over a month till your exam, you can get both done. 🙂

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