Senior Accounting

Launch your future in accounting as a senior.

Our accounting community will provide you with on-demand career support and direction at every stage of your career management journey. Bookmark this page and return throughout the year to see what you need to know (and do!) now and later. Here you’ll find resources, advice, events, personal connections, and other career opportunities — created and curated for senior accountancy and corporate accounting students.

• Accountancy
  

  Dive into accountancy while developing critical thinking, team-building, communication, and information technology skills through an immersive program that gives you a competitive edge upon graduation. With a W. P. Carey business degree in accountancy, explore careers related to consulting, corporate finance, financial analysis and planning, public and private accounting, tax strategy, benefits management, venture capital, and more.

  Learn more: W. P. Carey Advising | ASU Degree Search

• Corporate Accounting
  

  Focus on managerial accounting as you build a portfolio of marketable business skills, in areas such as strategic financial planning, corporate compliance, and decision making. With this 100% online business degree from W. P. Carey, you will be prepared to take the Certified Management Accountant exam, as well as the Chartered Global Management Accountant exam, sponsored by the American Institute of CPAs.

  Learn more: W. P. Carey Advising | ASU Degree Search

How you can expect to engage in your job search

There are three primary ways business school students find jobs. Understanding which of these is part of your job search will help you build an efficient plan. Although each of these types of job searches requires a different plan, they all require the same core capabilities for success: Personal narrative, market research, networking, applications, and interviewing. Let us help you figure it out!

• On-campus/Global Job Search
  The majority of on-campus recruiting happens in the fall semester with a smaller set of firms doing campus recruiting in the spring. This requires you to be prepped and ready to interview soon after school starts. If the firms you are focused on do not visit ASU’s campus, then you will need to supplement your On-campus strategy with a Networked or Just-in-time job search.
• Networked Job Search
  All job searches require networking skills. If you are targeting firms that do not recruit on-campus at ASU then a Networked job search is your avenue. This requires a proactive approach to research, as well as developing relationships with the goal of building advocates within a firm. You’ll need to ensure your personal narrative and job search skills are well developed to convince these firms to consider you.
• Just-in-time Job Search
  A majority of firms, whether they participate in on-campus recruiting or not, will have a need for immediate hires throughout the year. Although applications are submitted at the time of need, your preparation and networking should be ongoing in order to be ready when these opportunities arise. These opportunities can be limited and are not predictable, so you’ll want to view this as a back-up strategy, rather than an excuse to delay your job search.