Discussion:How did other people get an entry level B4 position?
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| 2 February 2008 | |
| I recently applied for positions with accounting firms, by an online profile/job interest information submittal, or emailing a listed contact person, or both. All applications were for entry level TAX positions, at a major US city. I am JD / LLM Tax (NYU). I'd admitted to a state bar, and eligible to take the CPA exam, both in the relevant state. Minimal work experience (JLC, law firm - non tax.) I haven't received any responses yet.
Does anyone know how long it normally takes B4 firms to respond to job applicants, and/or if they hire outside the normal OCI process? Also, aside from OCI, how did other people out there get jobs at B4 firms? | |
| February 2, 2008 | |
| Ohhhh, of course! Sorry Anon, I have no experience with B4s or B8s or B6s. | |
| 2 February 2008 | |
| Rock Lobster Time!!!!!
I saw them about 25 years ago and I actually have one of the first pressings of Rock Lobster. Tom | |
Bottom Line (talk|edits) said: | 2 February 2008 |
| Anon26 - you need to ask your college placement office what the timeframe is. | |
| 2 February 2008 | |
| maybe the B4s can't figure out to send Anon's mail. Or they were stickler's for spelling and grammar. | |
| 2 February 2008 | |
| The problem with the legal field is that we come up with so many terms and acronyms (pro per, caveat emptor, res ipsa locquitur, etc,) such that if you ever get sued, you need to hire an attorney just to figure out what the heck is going on. This is a problem, because we use these terms so often that after a while we forget that most people have no idea what we're talking about.
I did mess up the Big 4, or final four. Sometimes one just gets lazy. I applied outside the On Campus Interviewing (OCI) process, which is why I didn't want to go off the experience of others at school. Anyway thanks for the advice. I actually did look at my cover again to see if it was hard to understand. Luckily, I don't really use acronyms in formal letters, so it seemed fairly straightforward. I think it was a good point, in any event. Maybe I'm doing something else wrong? Or just too impatient. | |
| 4 February 2008 | |
| Firms have usually hired for tax season by now. Do you know anyone working for a firm you would llike to be hired into? Is there a professor with a firm affiliation that you may know well? Networking is very valuable. | |
