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To: D. Long who wrote (125211)7/14/2005 12:49:40 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793839
 
The big firms want

The elusive brass ring.

There's plenty of life outside the big firms. Opportunity will knock, keep your ears open, and don't say no automatically because it's not what you thought you wanted.



To: D. Long who wrote (125211)7/14/2005 1:10:43 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793839
 
The big firms want top 15-30%..

And a hundred billable hours a week. :>)

Congratulations on an excellent first year!



To: D. Long who wrote (125211)7/15/2005 8:24:33 AM
From: Mary Cluney  Respond to of 793839
 
The big firms want top 15-30%

They pay $2500 per week for about 10 weeks for summer intern work. If you don't screw up, you get job offer > $120,000 per year to start.

Kind of make sense for those kids putting in all that extra time studying. Over a life time, they are probably going to get a coupla hundred dollars an hour for studying. Study now, get paid later.



To: D. Long who wrote (125211)7/15/2005 10:55:02 AM
From: JDN  Respond to of 793839
 
I used to recruit for my "big firm" CPA firm. We went after the top 10% of grads. That was a firm objective, I personally didnt agree with it as our business was PEOPLE related and I wanted an all around recruit with people skills as well as academic skills. I found my best recruits were slighltly older people that had gone in service or job market then back to college. They were more experienced in the WORLDLY matters and often had better judgement. jdn