From the Horse’s Mouth—How Small Firms Can Recruit on Campus

Source: Pennsylvania CPA Journal

Joseph M. Larkin, associate professor of accounting at Saint Joseph’s University, advises CPA firms on recruiting. Here are a few highlights:

• Get to know faculty members at local colleges.
• Motivate recent graduates to keep in touch with students at their alma maters.
• Speak at meetings of Beta Alpha Psi and other on-campus accounting groups.
• Get management involved. Students want to speak not only with staff, but also with top management of the firm.
• If you don’t have the ability to use interns, try offering externships—these can be for just a few days, and the variety of functions externs can perform is dependent on how resourceful you are.
• Publicize specific career path opportunities at your firm.

For the complete article, click here and select "Extend Your Reach to Bring in New Recruits" in the Winter 2008 issue.

From Pennsylvania CPA Journal, Winter 2008.

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