About the
CPA Careers Committee
Committee
Action Plan
Who
We Are:
A
committee of the NYSSCPA devoted to encouraging bright, creative and motivated
young people to become CPAs.
What
We Do:
·
Develop
programs and events to disseminate information about the profession to high
school students and their parents.
·
Recruit
and encourage a greater number of outstanding high school students to college
level studies in accounting fields.
·
Engage
with high school guidance counselors to raise the profile of the profession as a
career choice.
·
Establish
liaison with both high school and college educators and enhance their knowledge
and awareness of the profession to assist in the recruiting of students for
accounting programs.
·
Encourage
college accounting students to sit for the CPA exam through coaching methods,
developing techniques to successful testing and working with the society’s CPA
exam preparation affinity partners.
·
Inspire
college accounting students to enter the profession through various methods such
as engaging member firms in visitations, providing internships, sponsoring of
recognized campus activities and other initiatives.
·
Coordinate
efforts with the Moynihan Fund’s Career Opportunities in the Accounting
Profession (COAP) program.
Who
Should Join:
Members
with an interest in and a desire to see the profession thrive by actively
attracting bright young minds.