ladies and gentlemen how is it going it is so good to see all of your beautiful
faces once again my name is Mike the CPA this is my sidekick chipper here welcome
back to money in life TV I am so excited to be talking about this topic with you
today now this topic is actually a subscriber
requested topic if you're looking on how to land your first job after college and
accounting and this by the way the networking tips I'm gonna be talking
about today into in this video will help you land the job in almost any
profession you can think of however the question was specifically
related to Mike how can I land my first job in accounting riah for college I'm
going to give you some solid tips a very practical advice that you can implement
in your own life to help you network more professionally and increase your
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I remember when I first got out of school or when I was in school I was
like man how the heck am I gonna land a job because when I would go online to
look at job postings every single employer wanted experience
and I didn't have it and so what I found though is if you can get yourself your
foot in the door to an internship opportunity or something like that then
you can gain experience and that is what these networking tips are really
designed to do I highly encourage you to watch this whole video from start to
finish I really think it's gonna be worth your time just so you guys know
I've been working in accounting for six to seven years now and so I've been on
both sides I've been on the side where I had no experience didn't know how to get
my first job in accounting and now I've been on the recruiting side as well
where I'm going to college recruiting events and things like that
now if you're wondering if you should be taking notes on this I would encourage
you to do so however I'm actually gonna provide you with the notes I kind of
made this as a script for this video kind of an outline and so oh is that it
I was like well why don't I just give this to you guys and I can just kind of
use this to stay on point and provide you with some valuable advice so in the
description section down below of this video which you can check out at any
time you can find this available for download
it's completely free it's two pages worth of notes that I've produced that
are gonna help you with all of these pointers I'm gonna talk about in this
video all right guys let's talk about professional networking and specifically
in this video I'm gonna talk about networking at events like a career fair
are like a college event on your college campus and if you're wondering like I
used to wonder what's the secret to getting a job in accounting right out of
college the secret is what you're doing right
now while you're still in college and one of the big things is networking at
career fairs now often schools that are universities that you attend will have
career fairs sometimes their accounting specific but often they'll have a County
and Finance jobs where you can go to them usually usually during the evening
and they'll bring in a lot of employers throughout the area that you can meet
that you can be introduced to network with etc to help you land a job so
that's the kind of networking I'm gonna be talking about today is to help you
get even better and more professional when you go to those events so that you
stand out as somebody that they would hire as an intern or somebody that
they're going to keep in the back of their mind wandering
hey when they graduate we want them we want to be contacting them for an
interview so the first question is well how do you even find out about these
events where do you find out well often universities or colleges will have a
Career Center at least that's what they called it when I was going to college is
they had this department at the college that was completely dedicated to helping
students get ready to get jobs so to help them with their resume help them
network let them know of upcoming events contact somebody at your office or at
the office at your school or check with one of your professors say hey where's
the career where do we have a Career Center on campus is there anybody who
can help me find out when the next career events coming up get plugged into
that and use their resources and usually even if you're an alumni because I even
use those after I graduated I could still go back anytime I wanted and they
would still help me with my resume practice interviewing etc with with
those kinds of things so really utilize it it's there for you and it makes
colleges look good when when they can say hey if you come to our college guess
what we actually are able to get students jobs that makes them look
really good and they want to help you so find out where the Career Center is on
campus that's tip number one okay let's talk about tip number two when should
you start networking at what point in your college career should you start
going to these events my suggestion to you would be your no later than your
sophomore year you'll say well Mike isn't that too early what I'm not even
going to be ready to graduate that's okay because the people who go early on
in their sophomore year have time more time to develop relationships with those
recruiters the companies that are coming to those job fairs on campus or off the
campus doesn't have to be college campus specific here guys but though they'll
give a chance if you go there starting off young and early you're gonna have
more of a chance to get to know them and you're gonna be able to build up a
relationship with them over time because often the companies are gonna send the
same people every single year to those events to see who they're looking to
recruit and to be honest that's one of the main reasons I have the job I
have today is because the head of HR was always at those recruiting events and
over the span of a few years even when I first met her I wasn't ready to graduate
but over the course of those years I would always go to those recruiting
events while I was at college and I would take advantage of them and she got
to know me and so when I became available to looking for a job she felt
comfortable contacting me for an interview and I've been working at that
firm now for over six years so start networking early that's one of
the best tips I can give you okay so let's go to the next one okay tip number
three let's get into some specifics here usually you're gonna know what employers
are coming to these networking events especially if they're gonna gonna be on
a college campus and you can often find out like I said if you get in touch with
your Career Center or the department at your college who does that kind of stuff
they'll usually have a pamphlet or flyer to give you some sort of idea or on
their school website so you can get an idea of which employers are gonna be
there that night and so my suggestion for you is think like a marketing person
so do you think a professional person in marketing wants every customer you would
initially you might think yes but the answer is no a marketing person as
somebody who's a professional marketer is gonna target certain customers and so
what I mean what I'm trying to say here with your
approach to networking if you know ahead of time which companies are gonna be
coming to that career fair do your homework pick your top three companies
you want to talk to that night the ones that are most important to you the ones
you would most likely want to have a chance to work for and go online and
study their website study a few things about them write some notes down and so
that when you come to that career fair you are prepared and when you're talking
to them you can ask them very specific questions about their organization that
are gonna blow them away because most people most students who
are attending those events I can tell you from my experience as a recruiter
aren't asking questions about the company itself and so whenever is when
somebody comes to me at when I'm at a recruiting event and ask me a very
specific question of the company I work at I am blown away
because that instantly tells me that there are prepared this person is
professional they're taking a professional approach and they're
prepared and that's Mick already starts to make me think that there's somebody I
would like to interview or somebody I can count on tip number four you
wouldn't think I would have to talk about this but I actually do and tip
number four is look professional look and dress professional so what I see
students doing is they're you know when there's these recruiting events there
might be you know 50 to 100 students up these things and if somebody is
underdressed for the event so let's take a guy for example think of what's the
most professional look a guy can have what is your mind go to and if you're
like me you're usually thinking a guy in a suit and tie right suit and tie that
is the full gamut of professionalism for a man but often now let's say another
guy walks in the room and he's only what he's wearing black slacks but he's
wearing a polo and then now he now he's standing next to the guy in a suit and
tie well instantly as a recruiter or
somebody who's looking for potential candidate I'm thinking that the guy in
the suit and tie is better prepared what I'm saying here guys is don't let the
way your dress diminish your odds of landing an internship or an interview I
know things are much more relaxed these days especially with Millennials I love
wearing loose and relaxed clothes however when you're attending these
networking events make sure you are dressed for the occasion
look and dress the best as possible the more professional look the better your
odds will be of you getting an internship or an interview in the future
with these companies tip number five is bring your resume have it on you have it
with you you know have covers letters with you how if you have letters of
references from your teachers or whomever whomever you've worked with and
whatever capacity doesn't have to be accounting right whoever can vouch for
your work ethic your hard work ethic why you might be valuable for their company
have those materials on you when you're attending these career events it will
really help you and if you don't have it on you like physically have it keep a
couple copies in your car while you're looking for a job so that you're always
ready you are always prepared and that's because that's what recruiters are
looking for they're looking for somebody who's perfect professional and somebody
who prepares because that they know a person who
prepares is probably going to be a very valuable employee to their organization
hey guys thank you so much for taking time out of your day to watch this video
sorry I had to cut it a little short life and work just got a little too
hectic so I'm gonna release part two most likely sometime next week and it's
gonna have the last five tips so be looking for that coming up now I hope
you guys found these first five tips helpful I would love to hear of the five
tips we've discussed today let me know in the comment section down below which
one you are most excited about which one do you think you're gonna implement
first to help you land the interview or just to help you when you're out about
at a career fair I can't wait to see you guys next week in next week's video
because I really we're gonna get into the Nitty Gritty of some of the
questions recruiters may ask you and some of the
questions ice will suggest that you asked them to help you stand out when
trying to land a job as you guys know I have all series of videos on public
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