Pre-college checklist tip for July
Calling all juniors: Here is some advice from Educaid:
If possible, use your summer job to save some money to pay for college costs.
If you travel this summer, consider scheduling a college visit.
For more on college planning, click here.
Summer job hunt
Fast food, bank teller, camp counselor, government clerk ... Use these sites to help you find what you are looking for:
www.teens4hire.org/
www.snagajob.com/teenjobs.asp
www.getthatgig.com/
studentjobs.gov/
www.coolworks.com/
idealist.org/kt/index.html
www.quintcareers.com/teen_job_strategies.html
The CPA career
Do you know the core values of the CPA profession? Right, integrity is one. Check out the other four here.
All you need to know about accounting you learned ... in fifth grade!
Gifted and talented fifth graders are able to understand basic accounting nearly as well as college sophomores, says a case study from Ball State University. Click here for details.
Pop quiz: Which reality show's right for you?
Where do they get these people? Any show claiming to be "real" ought to cast real people — people like you. But on which show would you do best? Take this test and find out.
Decoding the dollars
Start researching grants, loans, scholarships and work-study programs now to help you plan for college. Find out how here.
Chat room logs 32 ... and nobody got bounced
Last month 32 TCPA members visited our Chat Room to exchange job hunting tips, share career ideas, poke fun at accounting teachers, or just gab. Why not check it out? Members only click here.
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Networking tip No. 15: Be prepared to give before your get
Go to meetings and conferences with knowledge and share freely with others. Openness is essential to good networking.Try this: Locate and get the e-mail address of someone who works at a fast food restaurant such as Wendy's, McDonald's, or Burger King.
Accounting word of the week: M
Market value: The value of a good or service which a purchaser can be expected to pay a seller in a normal market transaction.
Study accounting in college!
For a list of Maryland colleges and universities with accounting programs and Maryland community colleges with accounting courses, click here.
Tech tip
Somebody save my download! Can't find the file you just downloaded from the Internet? Don't worry. The file is probably around; you're just not looking in the right place. Click here for details.
Wanna go out?
Sports, music, events all over Maryland. Click here for details.
Hey, TCPA members ...
Going to college? If so, you can continue your free TCPA membership all through college! Just let us know your college, your new address, and e-mail address. We will update our files and shift you to our CPA Candidate list. Contact Richard Rabicoff at (800) 782-2036 or publicrelations@macpa.org.
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