Last week, a group of MPA students, myself included, who are recruiting with one of the Big 4, had the opportunity to participate in an activity co-sponsored by TOMS shoes. For those of you who may not know the story behind TOMS, essentially they donate one pair of shoes to someone in need everytime a [...]
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Getting the final rose: MPA edition
Every time a new season of the Bachelor or Bachelorette comes on, I try to avoid it, however if I happen to watch the first episode, I’m hooked. Going through MPA recruiting is a lot like the Bachelor. I promise I’m not crazy- so I will explain. 1. You must dress and act to impress. [...]
Can Spring Break Last All Year?
Greetings from Spring Break 2012! I know many of my fellow MPA’s were on vacations much more exciting and exotic than mine, but I thought I would share my experience anyways. I spent my first weekend home for Spring Break not lounging out in the Texas sun, but in a below freezing ice rink judging [...]
Surviving my first week of career events
It is the point in the semester where all of the firms hold “Career Nights” for the third-year MPAs. Essentially, it is a less formal information session paired with a networking reception. To mirror my blog about mock interviews, I will tell you a few things I learned this week. 1. You really will start [...]
A different perspective…
If you read Melissa’s post from a couple of days ago, she spoke about the MPA: Building Connections event about an introduction to recruiting. I was also at the event but on the other side – helping the 3rd year MPAs practice recruiting by posing as a recruiter and giving networking advice. It was pretty [...]
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Sarah Haas, MPA '13
MPA Track: Taxation
Jamal Deek, MPA '14
MPA Track: Financial Reporting and Assurance
Hannah Franklin, MPA '13
MPA Track: Financial Reporting and Assurance
Pierre Rochard, MPA '13
MPA Track: Financial Reporting and Assurance
Melissa Hodges, MPA '14
MPA Track: Audit
Alexandria Newman, MPA '14
MPA Track: undeclared, planning Taxation
