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Preparing for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) exams can be daunting. Join Darren Degraaf, UBC instructor and CFA® charterholder, to learn about UBC CFA Exam Prep designed to help you master the skills to succeed on exam day.
Date: Wednesday September 14, 2022
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 pm PT
Location: Online (Zoom)
CPABC has launched new resources for post-secondary students!
The first is a new webpage outlining the Journey to Becoming a CPA. Please take a look at the information provided in this webpage, as it outlines what you can do, as a post-secondary student, to plan your journey to becoming a CPA and be ready for the CPA Professional Education Program.
CPABC Student Recruitment also has a new booking system where you can book an appointment with a Student Recruitment Officer aligned with your post-secondary institution.
Fall Public Practice Recruit is in full swing. Public practice firms are offering recruitment events and activities across BC. Learn about getting hired for summer internships, co-op positions, and full time jobs after you graduate for 2023. Read through these events and register here.
| DATE | TIME | EVENT | FORMAT | DESCRIPTION |
| September 6-8 | 3-day event | CPABC Career Week | Hybrid (Online on Hopin and in-person at the Vancouver Convention Centre East) | Accelerate Your Career at CPABC Career Week Learn about the diverse and interesting career options available to experienced and aspiring CPAs at our hybrid Career Week. Register to participate in virtual career workshops, employer info sessions, speed interviews, and to network with recruiters in-person. |
| September 7 | 5:30pm – 7:30pm | CPABC Firms & Industry Networking Night – Kelowna | In-person (Kelowna) | Attend and network with firms and organizations looking to hire CPA students. Students should come prepared to make a great impression and bring their business cards and resumes. |
| September 9 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Post-Secondary CPABC Information Session | Online | Are you a post-secondary student interested in becoming a CPA after you graduate? This session will cover the CPA program in detail and include an open Q&A with CPABC’s Senior Student Recruitment Officer. This session will be tailored to post-secondary students interested in becoming a CPA, and is open to students from any university or college program. |
| September 14 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Practical Experience Requirements (PER) Q & A Session | Online | Are you planning to pursue the CPA designation and wondering about Practical Experience Requirements (PER) of the CPA Professional Education Program (PEP)? Attend our free question and answer session with CPABC staff who can answer your questions. |
| September 15 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm | CPABC How to Series ‘Work your passion with CPA’ | Online | Hosted quarterly, this new webinar series “CPABC How to Series” features interactive breakout rooms to connect audience members directly with our Panelists to ask their own questions and learn all the “how to’s” of what is involved in becoming a CPA. This webinar will feature 3 panelists who live and work their foodie passion with their CPA. Learn how to make the CPA designation your own, and how to align your accounting career path to your interests, passions and values. Learn how our panelists have connected the dots and aligned their foodie passion into their successful accounting career paths! |
| September 22 | 12:00pm – 12:45pm | Conversation with a CPA | Online | Are you curious about what CPAs actually do? Join the conversation with Reena Bienko, CPA, CA, Manager of Corporate Accounting and FP&A from Kriska Transportation Group. You will have an opportunity to ask your own questions about a career in accounting. |
| September 28 | 5:00pm – 6:00pm | CPA’s Journey – Pre-approved Program Route (PPR) | Online | CPA’s Journey features real-life CPAs and CPA Candidates working in various sectors. Speakers will talk about their CPA journey and how they achieved a work-life balance while in the CPA Professional Education Program (PEP). In this webinar, hear from our panelists, Neil Ma, CPA and Dilsharn Mokha, on why they chose the Pre-approved Program Route (PPR), what influenced their decision, and what doors this pathway opened for them. |
As a reminder, DAP career coach, Russell Garrett, is holding workshops on the upcoming fall recruitment cycle for pre-approved program route (PPR) positions. The majority of public practice accounting firms will be hiring through this cycle, so if you are interested in working in public practice and will be ready to start a full-time role in 2023, attend the upcoming sessions to learn more and build your foundation for a successful recruitment experience!
The final workshop in this series will be on interview prep, held on Monday, September 12th, 4:45 to 6:15 pm PT, with the option to attend in-person and virtually:
When PPR firms respond to applications and invite candidates to interview with them, there is always a mixture of excitement and nerves. Whether the interview is by phone, video recording, live video, individual, panel, conversational, or structured you will need to be ready for any and every eventuality. Then, as you move on to second level interviews you will need strategies to perform even better than the first phase. Learn how to plan to meet recruiting staff, staff accountants, managers, senior managers or partners, which are all possible during the PPR interviewing process. Be prepared for and make the best of each opportunity by understanding what firms are expecting and how to construct your responses in an impacting way. Then, discover how to leave a lasting impression with your own prepared questions and a closing that will raise their attraction to you and increase their interest in making an employment offer.
Registration for both of these workshops is now open on COOL – you’ll have the option to select either in-person or virtual attendance.
We are thrilled to announce and formally extend an invitation to our DAPSC CPA Career Fair event. The event will include top accounting firms and it will provide you with the opportunity to network with firm representatives and recruiters
We will be hosting firm representatives with firm booths from 10+ Top CPA Accounting Firms – Candidates will have the opportunity to walk around and visit firm booths which will have promotional & informational material.
We look forward to having you present at the event.
Register On: https://linktr.ee/ubcdapsc
Registration Deadline: September 10th, 2022