<p>Blazinreaper, let me note that I helped recruit over 25 years ago. However, with that noted, I think it depends on the person. If I were the recruiter, I wouldn't care if you were Korean, French, or Tuti Fruti. All I cared about was your facility with speaking english without a bad accent that couild mar understanding, your personality, writing skills etc. Being Korean in background would NOT have entered into the equasion unless you had an accent that made you hard to understand. </p>
<p>Moreover, I would only prefer students who went to an American accredited School. If you want to a school in Korea that wouldn't be held in high esteem.</p>
<p>Oh I see. I guess it all differs among the interviewer's personality and character.
By the way, I'm not sure if you would know the answer to this question ,but do you have any idea how diverse the community/foundation is in any of the big 4 companies nowadays? Obviously the majority would defintely be filled with caucasians ,but being a Korean-American, I've always been curious.</p>
<p>You said it doesn't matter what college I attent. As long as the college is accredited, I will get a decent job. Currently, I am in NJCU and it is considered in the 4th tier of the north region. I was wondering if this will affect my job outlook since my college is not well-known?</p>
<p>He did answer your question Peace, in most of the posts in this thread lol. If your college is AACSB accredited it doesn't matter very much in accounting what tier it is or how well known it is.</p>
<p>That's a relief. I forgot to read the first page of this thread. lol. I was just wondering since most members on CC are so focused on the name of a university.</p>
<p>I have a question for Taxguy and maybe some others... I would describe myself as a highly motivated, driven individual, and there is one factor that is keeping me from choosing a major. I honestly couldn't care less about starting salaries, but I do care immensely about 'opportunity.' I have a huge passion for business, and I actually become slightly excited when I see text books labeled as 'financial management.' lol last week in art I had to make up some excuse to take a glance at one of those books before it was ripped to pieces and painted over. Okay back on track, how much opportunity and respect do the three letters 'C-P-A' have in terms of respect and opportunities for advancement in the FINANCIAL world? In other words, will I be on the top of the stack when applying to jobs. And also, because I am just SOOOOOOO driven, ready to run through walls and kiss as much ass as I can; how high paying can these jobs get and how pletiful are there, which leads back to this subject; opportunity...</p>
<p>Yournamehere27. please, please read over post number one in this thread. Accounting probably opens up more overall opportunities in business than that of any other major in my opinion. Also , the long term opportunity for folks who both like it and are good at it are VERY good. I just met a girl who was recently ( within the last several years)made partner with Deloitte and will be earning almost one-million a year! How much better of an opportunity do you want?</p>
<p>I'm actually interested in yournamehere27's question as well. I know in your first post you talk about how one can simply try and move up the ladder within a group, but what else can you do after getting a few (2-3 years) at a large accounting firm?</p>
<p>For example, I've read that for banking, the typical path is working as an analyst for 3-4 years, climb up the ladder a bit, getting a top MBA, then exitting into a more "lucrative area" like Hedge Funds, PE, VC, etc.</p>
<p>So for accounting, what is the typical path if someone wants to move into something besides public accounting? For example (unless I want to pursue forensic accounting), I'd really like to get into a high-level management or get into functions like treasury, becoming a CFO, etc., so if one wants to pursue this, what is the typical path one must take? Does one need a CPA, MBA, both?</p>
<p>Also, there seem to be a lot of different positions within accounting, like controller, auditor, etc., so I was wondering how the positions rank, how long it takes to become one, etc.</p>
<p>Im currently in community college getting my first two years done before I transfer to major in accounting. My question is that i didnt do so great my first year, will that be looked at? or do they just care about my grades in the accounting classes?</p>
<p>is hard to get into consulting with a degree in accounting or not really? I'm not really talking about like the top consulting firms like bcg, bain, mckinsy, etc. I'm just talking about in general transitioning from public accounting to some specialty of consulting. For example lets say I worked at a public accounting firm for 2-4 years, passed the CPA exam, and decided I wanted to do something like healthcare consulting, is this possible in anyway and will the experience be valuable?</p>
<p>I’d just like to share that my dad is an accountant, a tax director and works nearly 90 hour weeks during tax season. He wanted to be a lawyer if he didn’t get a good enough job, but he did, so he never went back to school.</p>
<p>I’m headed to McComb’s school of business at UT Austin next year and I’m wondering if accounting is right for me or if you have any advice or suggestions.</p>
<p>I love to solve problems and I enjoy building things and doing research; however, business was able to draw me away from architecture and engineering because it offers what I see as a lot more potential. I’ve been told to do what I’m good at and to do what I love, and I’m good at games that involve money flow or expanding an empire (I play everything from sim city to warcraft and I’ve even got monopoly down to a fine science). I have always loved building things and making blueprints, but I ruled out architect or civil engineer because I refuse to settle for a life of either mediocrity or designing artsy fartsy stuff. This makes it sort of odd that I would consider accounting, which is stereotypically as mediocre and bland as it gets.</p>
<p>That said, I was considering finance until someone I knew who had studied finance said accounting opens the same doors and many more. I am also interested in law, and have been praised and rewarded for my speaking and writing ability (also stereotypically not associated with accounting). </p>
<p>As for actual careers, I’m not really sure where I should look. Mergers and acquisitions looks extremely fun because I would be able to negotiate, research, problem solve, and meet a lot of people in high places (I mention this because I am also considering a business venture of my own someday).</p>
<p>I’m not completely sure what I want to do, but I have general ideas as outlined above. Right now I’m asking if I should go with finance into an MBA/JD program, or if I should take advantage of the top-ranked accounting program at UT Austin. If I go for the masters in accounting, should I just go for a JD later and no MBA since I’ll already have a masters degree in business? Do you recommend any careers I should look into?</p>
<p>OPenedskittles, you are putting the cart before the horse in my opinion. Just get your degree and see how you like accounting and how well you do. You can always go to law school;however, in my opinion, there are far too many lawyers for the demand.
Moreover, once you get your degree in accounting, I honestly don’t think you need an MBA because a lot of the material will be repititious. Moreover, many of the better quality MBA programs want some work experience first.</p>
<p>Anyway, stop worrying about it,and just take one step at a time.</p>
<p>I know this isn’t set in stone at all, after all it’s pretty similar to my dad’s plan that didn’t end in law school. I guess I should have put the emphasis in my post on my initial thoughts on if accounting was right for me and what careers I might go into after school instead of grad school plans (I am planning on working for at least a few years before grad school if I decide to go). McComb’s says it offers four tracks: financial reporting and assurance; tax; managerial accounting and control; and generalist.
<a href=“http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/mpa/[/url]”>http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/mpa/</a>
Could you explain what each one might entail and where each might lead me? I don’t really know what else to ask I just feel a bit lost, so anything you can think of would help.</p>
<p>Sorry for asking so much, but I was also wondering what these certifications entail and what they would lead to in terms of career paths:
CIA, Certified Internal Auditor
CPA, Certified Public Accountant
CISA, Certified Information Systems Auditor
CFA, Chartered Financial Analyst
CMA, Certified Management Accountant</p>
<p>Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge.</p>