Deloitte Job - Check... Now What?

Nphelan, are you working for Deloitte in Canada? I worked for them in Western Canada in audit - I had been planning to go for my CA designation but I hated the work. I had loved accounting in school but I found that the practical application of it, especially after my first year, was mind numbingly dull.

One thing I found about DTT, though, especially if you want to move around, is that it's important to be really social. You will find things a bit odd because you're not in a straight audit role (yet you're working with audit) and you are doing work with various departments - in my experience, different groups really stuck with each other. You will have the advantage of being in the office a lot so take advantage of drinks, firm events, departmental events, etc. Talk to the managers, senior managers and partners like they're real people - I found that our management was often dying to have a normal conversation because they were stuck in their offices all day... and a lot of junior staff were often too nervous to behave normally.

If you have any questions about the corporate culture, let me know - I learned a lot while I worked there, not just about accounting but about client relationships, office politics and myself.

That's awesome!!! Thanks!

did you put your 2.8 gpa on your resume and in the online application process?

I have a 2.8 gpa also, and im worried i wont get the job because im afraid they're going to weed out the people with low gpa's... I was going to leave it blank, but some people say that creates even more suspicion (hence it's better to put it regardless).

However I made great impressions on recruiters, partners etc... @ networking events.

Please let me know! If you got the job and they considered your other qualifications despite the gpa, it means I have a shot Thank you!

[applying for audit - financial services]

What's this about writing a GMAT? Is GMAC still giving pencil & paper versions of the exam?

CFA - it's the only thing I think that is really valuable now-a-days.

Most Commonwealth countries say "writing an exam" as opposed to the Americanized "taking an exam".