Tips for Writing a Self-Assessment at Your Finance Job, Pt. I
The self-assessment has broken even the strongest and most confident accounting and finance professionals. Follow our advice to come out of it smelling like roses.
Resume Gaps: How to Explain a Gap in Your Finance or Accounting Resume
Resume gaps can exist for a variety of reasons – travel, caring for an elderly parent or raising children. Certainly, the economic downturn of 2008-2009 meant that it was not unusual to see employment gaps on a candidate’s resume. But are resume gaps the death knell for a candidate’s
Two Accounting Job Offers? How to Pick the Right One
Choosing Between Two Accounting Job Offers
You’ve always been an overachiever, but landing more than one accounting job offer is exceptional even for you. The question is – which offer do you take? Both seem to have their pros and cons, and you feel torn between the two. Here’s
Why Your Company (and Your Finance Team) May Need Bruce Willis
There is little doubt that Hans Gruber and his band of merry men underestimated off- duty police officer John McClane in Hollywood’s action film classic Die Hard. After all, this is Bruce Willis at his finest. And when Hollywood, in its infinite wisdom, offered us 14 more sequels (might have
How to Write a Self-Assessment for Your Finance Job
Right up there with root canals and small dogs that won’t stop barking is the unparalleled joy that comes with writing a self-assessment for your finance job. At first glance the task of writing a self-assessment seems daunting. What do you downplay? If you feel like you’ve hit
When Should You Leave a Big 4 Accounting Firm? – An Auditor’s Dilemma Blog PART 2
Leaving a Big 4 Accounting Firm
You’ve just survived another busy season and are staring listlessly out the window. Empty fast food containers litter your desk and you swear that you forgot to feed your cat when you left the house this morning – again. Maybe it’s time to
Should You Stay Until Audit Manager? – An Auditor’s Dilemma Blog
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Thoughts on Becoming an Audit Manager
Ah yes, the eternal dilemma facing any auditor, or member of the band the Clash – should I stay or should I go now? Or, more specifically, should I hang in there until I reach the level of
3 Ways to Be More Memorable in Your Accounting Interview
How do you differentiate yourself in an accounting interview so that you stand out from the competition?
Wear a fancy tie? Nope. End the interview with a flourish and a “ta da?” Not so much.
Instead, if you want to make a great impression try these 3 things.
Plan Your Peaks
3 Reasons Finance Recruiters Are Passing Over Your LinkedIn Profile
You’ve been in job search mode for a couple of months now. You’ve prepared your resume, spoken to some key contacts and applied for some jobs.
But for some reason you aren’t getting any bites.
You’re on LinkedIn and with your skill set you thought finance
How to Land Your First Accounting Job
As an accounting student you know what to expect each day – get up (check), forage in the fridge for left over Thai food (check), get dressed (check) and stagger out the door ready to embrace the world of debits and credits.
What you may not be prepared for, however, is
3 Tips for Professionally Quitting Your Accounting Job
Congratulations on landing your new accounting job. The only challenge now is to transition out of your current role with grace and class.
And even if working for your employer hasn’t been a bed of roses, you don’t want to burn any bridges.
To that end, rather than
How to Choose Between Accounting Job Offers
It’s certainly nice to be wanted, to have two companies vying over you (or at least two job offers on the table).
But choices bring their own kind of stress. After all, what if you make the wrong decision? If you have to choose between two accounting job offers,
