The Accounting Profession

Opportunities

MAJOR FIELDS OF OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC

– AUDIT– TAX– CONSULTING SERVICES

PRIVATE– FINANCIAL– COST– TAX– OTHER

WORLDWIDE BIG 4

Ernst & Young Deloitte & Touche KPMG Pricewaterhouse Coopers

LARGEST FIRMS IN KC

Baird, Kurtz & Dobson Ernst & Young LLP CBIZ MHM Business Services, Inc. Deloitte & Touche KPMG LLP Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP

Area Largest Companies (by Revenue) Sprint Corporation UtiliCorp United, Inc. Leggett & Platt, Inc. Interstate Bakeries Yellow Corp. Western Resources Payless Cashways, Inc.

Area Largest Companies (cont)

Seaboard Corporation H & R Block, Inc. Kansas City Southern Industries DST Systems, Inc. AMC Entertainment, Inc. Butler Manufacturing Kansas City Power & Light

MAJOR FIELDS OF OPPORTUNITIES CONTINUED NON-PROFIT

– Government Federal State Local

– Hospitals– Charitable Organizations

CERTIFICATION EXAMINATIONS WHY GET CERTIFIED?

– A certification shows that you have acquired accounting skills and proves that you have them.

CPA CMA CIA

LAUNCHING YOUR CAREER

Education– GPA

Resume– Emphasize teamwork, responsibilities– Objective sentence– Fill one page (avoid two pages until you have

extensive relative experience to detail)– Send thank you letters after interview. Hand written

note is acceptable in many cases.

REMEMBER MONEY IS NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE WHEN

SELECTING AN EMPLOYER.