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I graduated from North Carolina A&T State University in May, 2011 with a Bachelor Degree in Accounting. My overall GPA is 4.0. I am struggling to find a job. I do have summer internship experience. My salary requirement is $14 Per Hour. If any of you know any open positions please do let me know.
Last edited by Green Irish Eyes; 11-11-2011 at 10:13 AM..
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Welcome to the club! Most college grads are finding it hard these days. You may want to be more flexible in your salary requirements. I have friends that graduated with accounting degrees starting at $10-12/hour just so they can have work in their field. Not saying $14/hour is impossible, just keep your options open.
There are several financial software companies located in the Triangle you may want to consider looking at. Schwab Performance Technologies and Tamarac come to mind.
Probably not your first option but I have seen several listings on CL for tax preparers - many say no experience needed. Granted it's temp work and doesn't pay that great but they do seem to be flexible with hours so you could continue to look for full time work.
I know it isn't easy. Check out all the websites that list jobs. Contact headhunters. Send resumes to any company that you know that you'd like to work for. Contact temporary job placement services.
The more resumes that you send out and the more folks that you contact, sooner or later, it pays off. Look at it like a challenge. See how many folks you can contact in one day. Take what is offered to you, even if it is temporary. Those jobs often turn into full time and the experience can't hurt!
Have you checked out the temp and recruiting agencies? Some that come to mind are Accountants INC, Accountants one, ACC Staffing, and Robert Half/Accountemps.
They've been the best luck that I've had while searching. Make sure you're checking for postings through indeed.com. It pulls from a bunch of sites and it eliminates repeat searches. Open and update a linked in account, and network through there. Also network through your school or possibly the other local schools.
In accounting the first two years are about gaining experience. Forget the money for now, it will come in a couple of years. My wife went through the same thing a couple of years ago. It's frustrating, but just hang in there.
Consider looking outside the area, in somewhere with a lower unemployment rate (NC is something like #8 in the US for Unemployment) to get your first job; then when you have some experience under your belt, you will have a much better "hand" as far as looking for jobs in areas where you want to live.
I graduated from North Carolina A&T State University in May, 2011 with a Bachelor Degree in Accounting. My overall GPA is 4.0. I am struggling to find a job. I do have summer internship experience. My salary requirement is $14 Per Hour. If any of you know any open positions please do let me know.
You may have to look outside of Raleigh-Durham. I have a friend who grated from A&T w/ a degree in Accounting (4.0 also) in 2003. They started off their career in Charlotte, NC (more opportunities in Finance/Accounting). I dont know if this is still the case, but Charlotte use to be the second largest financial district in the country (after NY).
You have a great G.P.A., I'm am wondering why one of the national firms (Deloitte, KPMG, PWC, E&Y) did not recruit you while still in school!!!. I would suggest STALKING any contact you have that can get you a contact/connection with one of those firms, you are exactly the type of person they are looking for, I suspect you have not been aggressive enough in presenting your self to them to get an interview.... meanwhile study like crazy and pass your CPA!
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Sit for your CPA. and stalk the Big 4
