Wow, so I guess it’s been a while since I’ve blogged! Surprise, surprise. Maybe that speaks to how busy recruiting season is. Or maybe it just means I’m bad at keeping up with my blog. Sorry! I know my blogger counterparts are much better at keeping up with this than I am!

In this entry, I’m going to talk a bit about the interview process during recruitment. For those of you who aren’t familiar with recruitment, several accounting firms of local, national and global size travel to UT’s campus during the spring to interview MPA students for potential internships. First, we as students must submit our resumes to the firms in which we are interested (this is done through OCR, a McCombs Web site). After the resume submission period is over, the firms sort through all of the resumes and select the students whom they want to interview. We find out whether or not we are selected through the same Web site, and, if we are selected, we then have the opportunity to sign up for an interview time. This whole process happened before spring break in March.

Fast-forward two weeks. For the first time in my life, I’m in panic mode on a Friday at 4 in the afternoon. I’m looking at my schedule for the following week: Continue reading Next step: Interviews →

Happy New Year, everyone!

Oh wait… it’s already February? That’s unbelievable–the year has certainly gotten off to a fast start. Between fall finals, the holidays, and the beginning of this semester, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged, but I’m back on it now, I promise!

You may notice that my blog entries this semester will have a similar theme. But that’s with good reason: I am now in my second semester of the integrated MPA, which means I’ll be very busy with recruitment all spring. I’m excited, curious, and even a bit nervous about the whole process, so I’ll be sure to update frequently. Continue reading Beginning the recruitment journey: Career Nights →