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  • You’ve Got Job Offers, Now What?

    March 6, 2013
    You put in the years of studying, logged countless hours of extracurricular activities, perfected your resume and nailed the interviews. Congratulations, you have a job offer or maybe several offers. Unfortunately, you are not quite finished. Once you receive your employment offers, be it for an internship or a full-time position, there are a few considerations.
  • Inside the Head of a Head-Hunter: How to Secure Your Next Senior Role

    January 24, 2013
    While most senior finance professionals are well-versed in common interview tips, there is a lot more to obtaining a senior role through a head-hunter.
  • Preparing a Professional Development Plan

    December 7, 2012
    Taking tests in college and preparing for professional examinations, like the CPA exam, you've likely had study plans, goals and benchmarks to track your preparedness. Now, even if the tests are over, planning remains a vital piece of your professional growth. A professional development plan can be your road map.
  • Proceed with Caution: Tips for Critiquing Your Boss

    September 20, 2012
    Do you have a problem boss? Here are some ways to cope.
  • Play the Office Politics Game… and Win

    September 5, 2012
    The right kind of office politicking is essential to career advancement. Well-intentioned workers who avoid office politics are missing out on opportunities to build relationships that will accelerate their careers.
  • Your Attitude is Key to Your Job Search

    August 27, 2012
    It’s the one thing out of the entire process you can control. That’s what makes your attitude vitally important in the job search.
  • What It Takes to Start Your Own Firm

    August 27, 2012
    CPA entrepreneurs need passion, purpose, persistence, and the right people providing support.
  • Do You Have What It Takes to Become a Partner?

    July 30, 2012
    Leadership teams must provide their young leaders with a set of guidelines for what constitutes partner-level performance. This article provides seven potential elements to include and also identifies some pitfalls to avoid when rolling out your partner candidate criteria.
  • Make a Great First Impression: 7 Smart Tricks

    July 27, 2012
    People decide whether to work with you within two seconds of meeting you. Here's how to make an impact.
  • Life After Entry-Level: What to Expect as a Mid-Career Professional

    July 3, 2012
    During your entry-level interviews, potential employers likely asked, "Where will you be in five years?" and "How has your education prepared you for your first career?" Moving ahead 10-15 years, whether you are interviewing for a new position or undergoing a performance evaluation, you'll find yourself having to answer, "What skills do you bring to our organization?" or "What would your subordinates say about you?" and "Can you demonstrate your decision-making ability?" Are you ready for the next step in your career?

Creating Balance


  • It’s OK for CPAs to ‘Get a Life’

    January 4, 2012
    Perhaps you've heard the CPA facts of life, as passed through generations of CPAs working in public accounting: Expect to work from dawn to dusk, miss family events and skimp on vacations. Be prepared to work, work, work. Sure, life in public accounting is rewarding, but outside interests - even family life - probably have to take a back seat. That was then. The truth is, it might just be the best time ever to be a young CPA working in a public accounting firm.
  • The Myth of Work/Life Balance

    September 27, 2011
    If you've been killing yourself trying to achieve daily work/life balance, Jon Gordon warns that it may be a pipe dream. He offers up another (better) solution.
  • The Quarter-Life Crisis Explained: How to Keep Your Career Goals from Killing You

    July 7, 2011
    "Quarter-Life Crisis" is a trendy phrase, and most young professionals know it as a "freakout" that happens in your 20s. Dr. Kevin Brennan explains it in a way that can become useful to you in your career choices (heck, your life choices) so you can make it though your 20s and early 30s without too much collateral damage.
  • Create a Work-Life Balance Strategy…and Live Up to It!

    May 28, 2010
    With all the responsibilities we face every day, we often must stop and determine our pace. Find that rhythm. Slow down and catch your breath. Don’t let your journey to success be the road to a nervous breakdown.
  • Book Review: Stop Living Your Job, Start Living Your Life: 85 Simple Strategies to Achieve Work/Life Balance

    June 30, 2010
    Author Andrea Molloy provides guidance on how to proactively manage your life and avoid being controlled by work, or any other area of our lives for that matter.