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Join Us for Live Chat About Life After Public Accounting on 02.28

  • Caleb Newquist
  • February 26, 2013

Last month we had nice little chat for CPA exam candidates and it seemed to […]

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Let’s Have a Candid Conversation About Being Gay In Public Accounting

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • February 4, 2013

After last week's post about LGBT accounting professionals, we received the following: Dear Going Concern […]

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Life After Public Accounting: Harassing Auditors For a Living Isn’t a Bad Gig If You Can Get It

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • January 2, 2013

All busy season long, we'll be discussing exit opportunities for those of you feeling like […]

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Recruiting Season: Is Inter-Big 4 Romance a Relationship Killer?

  • Caleb Newquist
  • November 13, 2012

This week's Recruiting Season post is brought to you by the letters C, P, A […]

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Recruiting Season: Looking for a Firm with “Longevity”; The Big 4 Toss-up; Opportunities Missed

  • Caleb Newquist
  • November 6, 2012

Welcome to Rock the Recruitment Season. We'll be winding up the 2012 series very soon […]

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Recruiting Season: Best of Big 4 in Beantown; Underwhelming Salaries; Second-tier Stepping Stones

  • Caleb Newquist
  • October 30, 2012

Welcome to Tuesdays with More Anxious Accounting recruits. Have a question about recruiting season? Email advice@goingconcern.com with […]

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Russian National Is Feeling Rejected By Big 4

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • October 26, 2012

Welcome to a special Friday edition of Accounting Career Emergencies. Since Frankenstorm might sweep a […]

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Recruiting Season: Ascending to Public Accounting Royalty; Choosing Between 3 of the Big 4; Doomed to Depression?

  • Caleb Newquist
  • October 9, 2012

Welcome to the latest edition of Recruiting Advice: Take it or Go Screw Yourself. Have […]

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Recruiting Season: Planning Your Last Summer, Handling Rejection, and Pesky Friends Wanting a Referral

  • Caleb Newquist
  • September 25, 2012

Good night nurse, we get a lot of emails during recruiting season. In order to […]

  • Career Advice
  • Career Center
  • Students

Recruiting Season: Dressing for Success Means Following a Lot of Garden Variety Advice

  • Greg Kyte
  • September 12, 2012

No more articles about how to dress for interviews. We see them every year, and […]

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Future Big 4 Auditor Concerned That Body’s Need for Sleep Will Doom Career

  • Caleb Newquist
  • August 29, 2012

Lost your easy button? Email us your worries, problems, questions, and requests for gluten-free recipe […]

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Is It Shallow to Choose One Accounting Firm Over Another Based on Prestige?

  • Caleb Newquist
  • August 27, 2012

If you have a problem that your spouse, friends, or Labrador can't seem to fix, […]

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Daily Wire is Pissed Off About a PwC Career Program That Excludes White and Asian Candidates

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • February 7, 2025

Although this should have been on their radar already because PwC got sued by America First Legal over it two years ago, conservative muckraking site Daily Wire has just now…

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The Only Piece of Advice You Need to Survive Layoffs at Your Firm

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • August 7, 2024

Comment on "How are layoffs decisions really made?" via r/Big4 If it backfires so what, they were going to lay you off anyway. I really hope this advice gets sucked…

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Weekend Discussion: Let’s Talk Counteroffers

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • June 29, 2024

Earlier this week, a recruiter told me a story about a job seeker who was already employed but looking to jump elsewhere. She interviewed with a firm that really loved…

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