Job Market: Accounting internship (paid)
Tax, auditing and small business duties at an exciting, growing firm in Timonium for a junior-year college student. For more information, contact Holly Schmittle, HR administrator, Weyrich, Cronin & Sorra, Chtd., at jobs@wcscpa.com. For more job postings, go to:
www.tomorrowscpa.org/members/
internship.html
Nov. 1 deadline: Cash prize for accounting associations and Beta Alpha Psi chapters
Sign up 100 percent of your members as members of Tomorrow's CPA and win a cash prize. Membership lists have to be verified by a faculty member. Sound easy? Bet you can’t do it by Nov. 1.
Personal finance
Ten ways to make your friends wish they knew as much about money as you do: No. 10 — "Keep learning about money matters." There is no time in your life when money will not be important. And learning a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow and so on will give you a growing knowledge of how to handle your money to build a successful financial life. These 10 ideas should give you an overview, a starting point for your questions. When you see articles or hear discussions, read and listen. Talk to your peers when the subject comes up. Learn with a filter to weed out the scams and get-rich-quick schemes. Absorb real-life examples and seek advice from people you can connect with and trust. For more personal finance tips go to:
www.cajumpstart.org/tenways.htm
CPA exam update
The Maryland State Board of Public Accountancy reports that exam grades for the most recent computerized exam will be released shortly. Students had a few complaints about the exam. One issue was the lack of familiarity with the requirement to cut and paste text as part of the research without editing it. Some candidates edited the text and this caused a manual re-grading of the exam. Another issue was the loss of time due to systems going down during the taking of the exam. In some instances, this could cause loss of test data.
Smaller accounting firms jump for new clients in corporate-reform atmosphere
The Big Four auditors have dropped dozens of small- and mid-size public companies — many in the tech sector — from their client rosters. Why? Chalk it up to Sarbox.
www.accountantsworld.com/desktopdefault.aspx?
page=newsstory&category=newsstory&
StoryId=t1005053.8kr
Women find accounting is a field they can count on
If your concept of the stereotypical accountant is a nerdy guy with horn-rimmed glasses, think again.
smartpros.com/x45368.xml
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You can get a job with any major
Mick Jagger, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sandra Day O'Connor all had the same major. And you won’t believe what Ashton Kutcher studied in college.
msn.careerbuilder.com/Custom/MSN/
CareerAdvice/335.htm
Computers out, accounting in
The most obvious recent trend is a retreat from computer science, which was hot in the 1990s before the tech bubble burst and companies began offshoring programming. What emerged as one substitute is actually one of the older standbys: accounting.
www.accountantsworld.com/desktopdefault.aspx
?page=newsstory&category=newsstory&
StoryId=d0929015.2tt
Credit card marketing
Maryland Consumers recently surveyed the credit card marketing policies of Maryland public universities and issued a report entitled Graduating Into Debt. The survey found that a number of colleges in Maryland continue to allow aggressive marketing to students, including tables offering free gifts for applying for a credit card and that education provided to students about the proper use of credit cards is inadequate. A copy of the report can be found at:
www.mdconsumers.org
Accountants, in demand, seeing hefty pay hikes
Some of the increases are to retain talent being courted by corporations who, as business heats up and Sarbanes-Oxley reporting requirements ratchet up, are willing to pay to bring them in-house. Boston and Seattle are leading the way.
www.bizjournals.com/industries/
business_services/accounting_consulting/
2004/09/27/boston_story3.html?f=et149
and
www.bizjournals.com/industries/
business_services/accounting_consulting/
2004/09/27/seattle_story4.html?f=et149
Campus representatives needed!
Attention, all accounting majors: Yaeger CPA Review is looking for new campus representatives throughout all Maryland colleges. If you are interested in the opportunity, please contact John Pelicano at (800) 824-2811 or pyaeger801@aol.com.
TCPA member profile
Meet Jessica Lyons of Villa Julie College
Graduation date: 2007
Hobbies: Reading, hanging with friends, TV
Favorite movie: “Chicago”
Why I want to be a CPA: I enjoy working with numbers, especially money.
Favorite course: Economics
Least favorite course: English
What people say when I tell them my career choice: "Wow, that's really good, you'll make good money."
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