Accounting Career Guide

Everything you need to know about getting a job in Accounting and hatching a career in Accounting

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CGA Success Story: Devin, Future Financial Leader At Canada's Central Bank
Cassandra Jowett
Devin Ball-Bene just obtained his Certified General Accountant (CGA) designation last September, but he says it's already had a...
Getting The CGA Designation Brings Career Diversity, Success And Financial Reward
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Seeing more than numbers brings career diversity, success and financial reward. When considering a future in accounting, a regulated...
What Is It Like To Be A New Certified General Accountant (CGA)?
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An education in accounting can present countless opportunities for future careers, but many of them require a professional accounting...

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Office Hours: Grant Thornton Recruiters Offer Advice On Hatching Your Accounting Career
Hayley Mullen
March 6th was an egg-citing day at TalentEgg: we hosted Office Hours with Grant Thornton , a professional services firm providing audit,...
Future CAs/CPAs: Tips For Choosing A Service Area At PwC
Cassandra Jowett
Which service area would you choose? Tax? Audit and Assurance? Maybe even Deals, if you wanted to start your career with PwC in Toronto?...
Office Hours: Stand Out To Accounting Recruiters With This Advice From Grant Thornton
Hayley Mullen
December 4th was an egg-citing day at TalentEgg: we hosted Office Hours with Grant Thornton , a professional services firm providing...
Office Hours: Tips For Hatching Your Accounting Career With Grant Thornton
Cassandra Jowett
September 18th was an egg-citing day at TalentEgg: we hosted Office Hours with Grant Thornton, a professional services firm providing...
Office Hours: Tips For Hatching Your Oil And Gas Career With Suncor Energy
Eric Chung
Office Hours is an hour-long, live Q&A with industry eggs-perts for TalentEgg members only. Students and recent grads are invited to...
Office Hours: Tips For Hatching Your Accounting Or Consulting Career With PwC
Taryn Fahey
Wednesday, August 21, 2012 was an egg-citing day at TalentEgg - we hosted Office Hours with PwC ! Office Hours is an hour-long live chat...
TalentEgg's Free Student Accounting Career Guide eBook
Cassandra Jowett
Accounting Week is coming to a close here on TalentEgg, but there are still plenty of student and entry level accounting career...
Post-Graduate And Continuing Education Options In Accounting: Part Two
Taryn Fahey
You've earned your first degree, now what? There are plenty of ways to further your education in accounting! Whether your interest in...
What An Accounting Career In Tax Looks Like
Elias Da Silva-Powell
For many accounting students, there are two main paths they must decide between: audit and tax. Tax Associates manage financial...
What You Need To Know About Accounting Ethics Before You Start Your Career
Ishani Nath
When youre little, massaging the truth about what really happened to your homework is like a practiced art. But it only takes one...
Have You Considered These 4 Entry Level Accounting Jobs?
Elias Da Silva-Powell
There's more than one way to start an accounting career. While many new grads will enter CA training offices to start working on their...
Post-Graduate And Continuing Education Options In Accounting
Leah Ruehlicke
You've graduated with a degree in accounting (or something along those lines) and maybe you are struggling to land a jobor, if you have...
What Does Accounting Unification Mean For Students And Recent Grads?
Elias Da Silva-Powell
If youre feeling overwhelmed by the wealth of credentials one can pursue in the world of accounting, the idea of a single accounting...
How To Stand Out At CA Recruitment Events
Cassandra Jowett
It's the day of the big CA recruitment event and hopefully you've done all the preparing you could possibly do the night before. The...
How To Get Promoted In Entry Level Accounting And Finance Jobs
Elias Da Silva-Powell
If youre just starting out at your first entry level or early-career job in financial services or accounting, you may not have given too...
An Inside Look At One Waterloo Grad's Accounting Career So Far
Kleine Achiles
I love autumn for the cool, crisp weather and the changing colour of leaves. For my best friend, Shaina Chawla, autumn means the busy...
Who To Follow On Twitter: Accounting Edition
Cassandra Jowett
Competition is stiff for accounting students, so you need more than one way to stand out to employers. The good news is that, over...
Average Starting Salaries For New Grad Accountants In Canada In 2012
Cassandra Jowett
Trying to account for where your future of number crunching and fast calculating is going to take you? On average, accounting grads...
How To Plan Ahead For CA Firm Recruitment Events
Cassandra Jowett
Early September is the time when employers with CA training offices hold recruitment events both on- and off-campusfor accounting...
September Recruitment Tips From A New Grad Financial Analyst
Kaniz Urmi
I hope you are all energized from the summer sunshine you soaked up over the last few months! The vitamin D consumed from spending time...
3 New Ways PwC Is Creating Brilliant Futures For Students This Fall
Cassandra Jowett
National Campus Talent Acquisition Manager James Davidson,and Fahad Meer, an Experienced Associate in the firm's Audit and Assurance...
TalentEgg's Free September Recruitment Survival Guide For Students
Cassandra Jowett
Did you know that 70% of employers do the majority of theirhiring in September? If you didnt, youre not alone a whopping 81% of...
Office Hours: Learn About Student And Entry Level Accounting Jobs At KPMG
Taryn Fahey
Office Hours is an hour-long, live Q&A with an industry egg-spert for TalentEgg members only. Students and recent grads are invited...
CFOs: Previous Work Experience Important For Accounting, Finance Graduates
Leah Ruehlicke
Experience is key. It's not what you know, but who you know. Be open to other options. These job search strategies - we've all...
Diversity And Inclusion At PwC, And Why It Matters To Your Career
Cassandra Jowett
Depending on your experience throughout university, you might be skeptical of many employers diversity policies and programs. Its 2012...
A Day In The Life Of A PwC Associate  Part 2: Fun And Culture
Cassandra Jowett
For University of Alberta Bachelor of Commerce graduate Helen Kirvan, starting her career at PwC hasn't been all work and no fun. She's...
Behind The Scenes With A PwC Recruiter
Cassandra Jowett
JamesDavidsonisthe Strategic Sourcing Manager forPwCand he helps lead the national campus recruitment team at the firm. We recently spoke...
A Day In The Life Of A PwC Associate - Part 1: At Work
Cassandra Jowett
Helen Kirvan grew up in a small town in northern Alberta and attended the University of Alberta in Edmonton to get her Bachelor of...
Average Starting Salaries For New Grad Accountants In Canada In 2011
Vicky Tobianah
If youre thinking about starting your accounting career, you should familiarize yourself with the typical job requirements, possible...
Getting To Know KPMG At Executive Look
Cassandra Jowett
Students from schools across Canada travelled to Toronto this summer for KPMG's first annual Executive Look event. During this two-day...
Behind The Scenes With KPMG Summer Interns At The National Boardroom Skills Case Competition
Cassandra Jowett
KPMG interns from across Canada agree on at least two things: a summer internship with KPMG is an awesome experience and one of the major...
What Size Accounting Firm Should You Work At - Small Or Large?
Vicky Tobianah
When searching for a job at an accounting firm, there are many factors to consider, such as location, types of responsibilities and...
BDO's UFE Study Guide: 8 Tips For Taking The UFE
Vicky Tobianah
For Canadian-trained graduates who want to become Chartered Accountants (CAs), the hard work is not over when they finish their...
How To Get The CGA Designation
Cassandra Jowett
Considering a career in accounting? To be successful in todays marketplace, you need a designation. But amid the accounting...
What You Need To Know About International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
Christina Pellegrini
Canadian accounting professionals and students are preparing for what some industry leaders say is the largest change to face the...
What Can I Do With My Accounting Degree?
Nicole Wray
Students completing a degree in accounting might feel destined to be chained to a desk and calculator upon entering the workforce....
Softchoice's A/R Supervisor Started Her Career In Accounting With An Arts Degree - You Can Too
Cassandra Jowett
Cathy Giallo is Softchoice's Accounts Receivables and Treasury Supervisor, where she manages about a dozen people on a daily basis....
How To Hatch A Career In Accounting Without Accounting-Related Education
Carolyn Mann
If you are looking into the accounting career path and dont have a finance or accounting background or degree, it can be difficult to...
How To Survive The Accounting Student Recruitment Process This Fall
Erin MacFarlane
Many students assume that once they have made it through business school, the rest is smooth sailing. In todays corporate climate,...
Think Outside The Accounting Firm, Says Softchoice's Senior Financial Operations Manager
Cassandra Jowett
Vince Iozzo, Softchoice's Senior Financial Operations Manager, says he was able to experience many different facets of business involving...
All About The CA, CMA And CGA Designations
Marisa Baratta
Accounting is a satisfying career in which you apply accounting skills and business analysis to varying fields of work. Accounting...
Recent Grad Senior Accountant At KPMG To Students: Get Active On Campus!
Cassandra Jowett
Laura Szekely is a recent Queen's University commerce graduate who has moved up the ranks at KPMG very quickly over the last four years....
The Perfect Summer Job: KPMGs Summer Internship Program
Cassandra Jowett
In todays workforce, employers are looking for more than just a degree. While it puts you on the map as a job candidate, it can leave...
KPMG is using Twitter to connect with students about their careers
Cassandra Jowett
Todays corporate recruiters arent just relying on job boards or your resum to decide if youre the perfect fit. KPMG is using Twitter to...
How my business degree allows me to pursue my true passion (and it's not business)
Brian Cauley
Like many recent graduates, I am looking for a great career . What's different about my story is that I have turned my back on a very...

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