Oh hey! It has been over a year since I made the change from public accounting to corporate and I thought I would update you all on what my experience has been like. I currently work for a large public corporation as an investment accountant. Like many of you, I had some pre-conceived ideas about [...]
How to Write Your Employee Evaluation
Oh Hey fellow accountants! We are more than half way through this year and whew, what a year! If you have not already, you should be doing your self-evaluations at work soon. It can feel somewhat unnatural writing unbiased reviews about yourself or even being critical of yourself. This is why in today's video I [...]
How to Ask for Help at Work- The Right Way
Have you ever been given an assignment and had no idea what you were doing? It can feel overwhelming when you are working on something that you do not know how to complete on your own. It’s natural to want to ask for help with the entire thing but there are some particulars you should stick to.
My Top CPA Exam Mistakes
Oh hey CPA candidates. Y’all know I love a good heart to heart, right? Well in today’s video I am dishing on how I repeatedly failed the CPA exam. As you know the CPA exam is four parts. Ideally, one should only sit for the exam four times and be done. I sat a total [...]
Five Things to Include on Your Accounting Resume
Oh hey accountants! If you are looking to spruce up your accounting resume this video is for you. Whether or not you are looking for a new accounting job isn't the point. You should be keeping your resume updated throughout the year. You want to be sure that you are ready whenever the perfect accounting [...]
Three Accounting Career Ideas
Oh Hey- I missed you guys! It's been a couple of weeks since my last upload- apologies. I have been swamped with work and life so it has been hard to record this. At any rate, I'm back and today I am going over three different accounting career types that you should consider. I know [...]
Accounting Organizations and the CPA Exam
Oh hey CPA candidates! When I was on my CPA journey I remember getting confused between all the different accounting organizations that were touch points. I wanted to make this video to spell out the distinctions between each CPA related accounting organization. There is AICPA, NASBA, and your State Board of Accountancy. Each of these [...]
Being the Black Person at Work
Soooooo it's time to have a heart to heart. In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and the countless others- more people have began having difficult discussions about race. While race is generally a topic that is avoided in the workplace, companies have recently been putting out statements offering to stand in solidarity with and support a more inclusive workplace particularly for the Black community.
Five Reasons to Major in Accounting
Oh hey college students! For those of you entering college this Fall and thinking about what to major in-allow me to make a suggestion. Choosing accounting as your major affords many benefits. Today I am discussing five reasons to major in accounting. In the video I mention two podcasts -Earn Your Leisure and Trappin Anonymous- [...]
Three Things to Focus on When Work is Slow
Oh hey fellow accountants -bored much? This is the time of year when many accounting jobs (public specifically) start to simmer down and things get to be a little slower at work. If that’s not the case for you right now, surely it will be at some point during the year.