Departmental Meeting

Today has been fairly productive.  I got a 100% on my tax quiz @ 8am.  Then I met with my audit group to discuss our paper due next Thursday.  I am going to complete my portion and submit it to the other 2 members by the end of this weekend so we can get it finished early. 

Once I got to work today at noon I had a departmental meeting to attend.  Turns out that our one-hour meeting turned into two hours.  While in the meeting I actually missed a call from a young lady at the Virginia College Savings Plan offering me a phone-interview for a compliance internship over the summer.  I caller her back a few hours later but unfortunately it seems we are playing phone tag.

After returning her call I also checked the SunTrust internal postings page, to find that the position which I applied for about a month ago, was finally taken down.  Hopefully, that means that they are now reviewing all of the applications.  Ultimately, if I can get an accounting position within SunTrust, I would rather take that than abandon ship to go to an actual firm.  At least right now while I am completing my Master's.  I have been here for 4 years in June, and would just hate to throw that much tenure and experience down the tubes for something that is not guaranteed.  Right now it seems that the only accounting positions I can really apply for with actual CPA firms are internships which hold no gaurantee of full-time employment.  Once I finish my Master's however, I will then be eligible to apply for regular full-time positions with these companies. 

Part of me wants to just jump on the 1st opportunity that comes my way so that I can start getting some actual accounting experience, but I know deep down that hasty decisions are often mistakes.  I was offered the position of "accounting associate" with Elephant Insurance which is new to town.  That seemed to be a really great opportunity because I could have gotten on with them from the ground up.  When it came times to establish a more extensive management structure, I would have been there for basically as long as EVERYONE else.  Whereas, with a company like SunTrust which is already so established, I'm going against people with 20, 30+ years of tenure and have to go through a lengthy corporate ladder.  As good as the opportunity would have been for me, I had to turn it down because of the salary.  I would have had to take about a $5.00/hour pay cut which would have made it very hard on me to pay the mortgage, car insurance, etc.

So at this point, I am just steadily applying for positions and internships - waiting for the right opportunity to come along.