The dress code for Accounting Career Fair is business - not business casual!  Be sure to have plenty of copies of your résumé and a mental list of thoughtful questions for the organizations. The Accounting Career Fair is for accounting majors only.

What is the Accounting Career Fair?

The Accounting Career Fair is an annual event held at RIT in which local CPA firms, corporations and professional organizations are invited to attend a formal open house sponsored by NGA. This event provides the opportunity for recruiters from attending organizations to initially meet prospective employees from the pool of interested RIT students.

Participating firms include:

This event provides an opportunity for RIT students to:

• Hand out résumés
• Gather information about hiring organizations
• Ask specific and direct questions about firm opportunities and structures
• Make initial contact with recruiters; many will be interviewing on campus in October
• Practice connecting with professionals

Pre-registration for the Accounting Career Fair is mandatory.

You may pre-register at one of the two review sessions listed below. If you cannot make it to one of the sessions, please contact Maria Richart in Co-op & Career Services (mjroce@rit.edu).

Accounting Co-op Orientation & Career Fair Review Sessions

• Friday, Sept. 9th from noon – 1:30 PM in Room 1115
• Friday, Sept. 16th from noon – 1:30 PM in Room 1115
• No need to sign up – just arrive at either one of  the two sessions
• Maria Richart of Co-op & Career Services will be reviewing résumé tips, appropriate dress and general business etiquette that will ensure your success at Accounting Career Fair

Résumé Review Session

Monday, Sept. 19th from 9:00 AM – noon & 1:00 to 4:00pm in Bausch and Lomb Building #77 no appointments just come with your résumé to be reviewed. This is not an orientation session.

The Rochester Chapter of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants will be sponsoring mock interviews again this year!

These practice interviews will help you prepare for the upcoming interview process. This is an opportunity to be interviewed by an accounting professional to improve your interviewing skills. The interview will last approximately thirty minutes and will include feedback and suggestions for you.

Take advantage of this opportunity to meet accounting professionals and learn from their experience!

• When: Wednesday, September 28, 2011
• Where: Mengel Metzger Barr & Co. LLP, 100 Chestnut Street, Suite 1200, Rochester, NY 14604
• Time: Interview times will be in 1/2 hour increments from 4:30pm – 7:00pm

Please prepare and email your resume by Friday, September 16th. If you have a specific time request for your interview, please indicate that in your email. Every attempt will be made to accommodate requests. Your interview appointment will be sent to your email address. Email resumes to Matt Taylor at matt@rochesterap.com. You will be emailed your interview details the week of September 19th.

Mengel Metzger Barr & Co is located on the 12th floor of the HSBC building on Chestnut Street between Court and Broad Streets. There is parking below the building as well as street parking around the building.

On Thursday May 12th from 12:00 – 1:30 in the Dean’s Conference Room (2nd floor, College of Business) Jay Levine will be talking to students about accounting at a Big 4 firm and any other issues related to his career or accounting in general students might have. Jay Levine, a 1976 graduate of the Saunders College, is a Partner in Ernst & Young’s National Tax Office, and is the Americas Markets Leader of Business and Tax Compliance. He has over 33 years experience as a CPA and tax professional, including over 26 years as a tax technology and process professional.

REGISTRATION CLOSED: EVENT CANCELED TO BE RESCHEDULED

RSVP HERE

Value to be gained from this session:

1. Knowledge about changes in the 2011 CPA Exam and the CPA Exam in general

2. Becker Software, which has helped more than 400,000 students pass the CPA Exam

3. Answer to any questions you may have about Becker or the CPA Exam.

Free Food and Drinks to be provided

When: Friday, April 1 from 12-1:30 PM
Where: College of Business (Building 12), Room 3235
RSVP: Please go here to RSVP

The evening will feature a Webex presentation from Lisa Beaudoin, National Director of Educational Partnerships, regarding changes to the CMA exam and how being a CMA can enhance your career opportunities.

The meeting will also be a great opportunity for students to network with professional members of the Rochester IMA Chapter.

• When: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
4:30-5:00 Networking and Pizza
5:00 Program begins
• Where: RIT campus, Room 1829 Student Alumni Union (Building 4)
• Cost: Free for students and faculty, $5.00 cost for all others
• RSVP: Reservations are recommended. To RSVP, please go to http://www.imarochester.org/, then click on “contact us” or call 251-5194 by Friday, October 22nd.

Student Night 2010

Internal Audit Interview Techniques – Fraud Detection Mock Interviews

Come observe and participate in internal audit interviews based on documented local company fraud findings. See how inexperienced auditors could miss potential fraud detection opportunities and what the potential implications could be to the company’s bottom line.

• When: Monday, November 8, 2010 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
• Where: RIT Student Alumni Union 1829 room (Building 4) Parking available in Lot D

• Free Admission!
• Pizza and soft drinks will be provided.
• 1 CPE for audit professionals.

Featuring member speakers from Rochester area companies.

• Cathy Haywood, CPA – Birds Eye Foods
• Matthew Tweedle – Rochester General Hospital

Students will have ample time to ask questions about a career in internal audit in an informal setting. Several additional members of the Rochester IIA Chapter will be in attendance representing many more companies.

All students attending will be eligible for raffle drawings of five IIA Student Memberships and two $50 ITunes cards.

To register go to: http://www.suretomeet.com/exec/gt/event.h,event=4b2b0ffeae54