Our career speakers are tops!
"MACPA presentations have really been beneficial to our students. After seeing the video and the presentation, many of the students have pursued careers in the areas of accounting and finance. Keep up the good work!"
— Ken Anderson, Fairmont Heights H.S.
Tell your business or accounting teacher, or your school career counselor, that you want to learn more about the CPA career. Have them contact Richard Rabicoff at (800) 782-2036 or publicrelations@macpa.org.
Lesson from reality TV in 'The Apprentice'
NBC's new reality show, "The Apprentice," is far from a realistic portrayal of what it's like to compete for a job. But M.B.A. students and university career counselors who watched the first episode say it can offer viewers some valuable interviewing tips.
www.collegejournal.com/jobhunting/interviewing/
20040115-needleman.html
Study accounting in college!
For a list of Maryland colleges and universities with accounting programs and Maryland community colleges with accounting courses, click here:
www.tomorrowscpa.org/highschool/
college.html
Catch the bad guys!
Follow the money to catch the crooks in the new forensic accounting game, "Catch Me if You Can."
www.startheregoplaces.com
What was school like for Claire Danes?
A celebrity's life may seem to be all glitz and glamour, but for these celebs, the daily grind once meant going to school like the rest of us. Here's what they have to say about their school days.
encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/
college/?article=starquotes
UM professor Gordon among tops in field, study says
A new study has placed a University of Maryland business professor among the most prolific authors of accounting in the world.
baltimore.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/
2004/01/12/daily28.html?jst=b_ln_hl
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Survey: Affluent investors turning to CPAs for advice beyond taxes
CPAs are affluent Americans' second-most used source of financial assistance, behind financial planners. Nearly one in five investors polled considers a CPA their primary financial advisor, according to a survey by Nationwide Financial.
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CEOs move to improve ethics training
Chief executives of the nation's largest companies will team up with leading universities to try to improve business-ethics education under a program unveiled in response to the torrent of scandals that have roiled corporate America.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/
A18171-2004Jan14.html
Accounting word of the week: P
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB): A five-member board created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act which has the authority to set and enforce auditing, attestation, quality control and ethics (including independence) standards for public companies. It is also empowered to inspect the auditing operations of public accounting firms that audit public companies as well as impose disciplinary and remedial sanctions for violations of the board's rules, securities laws and professional auditing standards. For more definitions, click here:
www.startheregoplaces.com/resourcecenter/
glossary.asp
A hearty welcome ...
... to new TCPA member Shaquira McWilliams of Overlea High School. Thanks so much for joining Tomorrow's CPA.
Meet TCPA member Jamey Ayers of McDaniel College, currently interning at Sturgill and Associates
Graduation date: May 2004
Hobbies: Founder and president of McDaniel College Stock Club; treasurer of my fraternity, Alpha Sigma Phi; traveling; weightlifting; coaching soccer and playing as well.
Favorite movies: "Gladiator," "Wall Street," "Dumb and Dumber"
Why I want to be a CPA: I want to be a CPA because if I had a billion dollars in my bank account and didn't need to work ever again, I still would like to advise people financially, hence having a CPA is a great foundation from a tax standpoint and longevity standpoint.
Favorite course: Advanced Accounting
Least favorite course: Intermediate Accounting (tough course)
What people say when I tell them my career choice: You are going in the right direction.
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