This past week I entered into the Amazing Race Canada with my long time friend Kevin Shaw. If you haven't checked out our video, please do so at: Sean and Kevin - Amazing Race Audition Tape but what most of you will not be aware of, is how the final product was drastically different than what Kevin and I initially had envisioned.
Whether you’re looking for a job or looking to advance your career, recognize this: Your personal brand is the key to achieving success. So, what does this look like? Your personal brand is your story revealed. The challenging part is communicating this and having it consistent across all platforms – in print, in person and across social media outlets such as LinkedIN, Twitter and Facebook.
To help job applicants enhance and maximize their brand on and offline, here are my personal pillars to successful personal branding:
At this stage in the recruiting season you’re likely putting the final touches on your resume and cover letter or have already submitted your application. The next phase of recruiting is probably the most nerve wracking – the waiting game. The good news is that the turnaround time at PwC is very quick so the wait shouldn’t be too long at all. However, I would encourage everyone to refrain from constantly refreshing their email inboxes but instead be optimistic and begin interview preparation.
I wanted to write a blog on some interview preparation tips, and some tips to guide you during the interview. In the first part of this blog, I provided the interview preparation tips, and in this blog, I'm going to unveil some of my advice for getting through the interview.
Congratulations!
You are one step away from working with the largest accounting
and professional services firm in the world. What
keeps you from this monumental achievement in your career is the final stage of
the recruiting process: the interview. Most students, if not all, find
this to be the most intimidating and challenging ordeal faced in the recruiting
process. Scratch that. I can guarantee you that it is the easiest and most
comforting step in the process.
All you students going through recruitment right now must be very busy! Attending classes, information sessions, preparing for midterms, applying for jobs, and vamping up those resumes and cover letters. I wanted to write a blog on some interview preparation tips, and some tips to help guide you during the interview.
Interviews can be extremely stressful, and from my own experiences, the only way I found to reduce the stress level was to fully prepare for each and every interview.
Now that you have an understanding on how to approach recruiting events (refer to my last blog), I will now go through how to use that mindset to make an impression on recruiters. Making a lasting impression is about making sure that everyone knows who you are. This involves having memorable conversations with recruiters. This can be quite difficult, and as such, I have highlighted some helpful hints below.
In the next few weeks, recruiting events will begin in most universities and cities across the country. This is always an exciting time for employers and a nervous one for eager accounting students. As many other bloggers have provided their spin on recruiting tips and hints, I will outline what I found important as I went through the process. Additionally, as I, myself, am part of the SWO recruitment team, I will outline what I think is important for candidates to know when meeting with recruiters.
Interested in working at PwC? Whether you are interested in Audit, Tax, Consulting or Deal's positions at PwC, this blog is your insider's information on how our Campus Recruiters evaluate your resume and cover letters. Make sure to include this in your checklist before you submit your information package to our website at: PwC Brilliant Futures - Application
How many times have you heard someone tell you to “be confident?” Whether it has been before an interview, networking session or an exam, I have been told many times, “Fahad, just be confident. That’s all that matters.” But what does that even mean? I cannot begin to tell you how many times I have heard, and told, students the same thing because it always sounds like the right thing to say. How exactly does one just “become confident?” I do not know about you, but I don’t have a button on my body labeled “confidence” that I can just turn on and off as I please. Lucky for you, I know that recruiting season is fast approaching and your interview with PwC (fingers crossed) is right around the corner. That is why this blog post will teach you how to turn the “confidence switch” on the next time someone tells you to just be confident!
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