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Accounting Academic Internships
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Whats The Value of An Internship?

• Real-world work experience and a chance to get
  your feet wet
• An opportunity to evaluate certain career paths
  and organizations
• An opportunity to showcase your skills and
  talents
• Often an opportunity to be an early candidate
  for full-time position
• Enhances your self-confidence in the accounting
  world!

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What Is An Internship Today?

• KPMG says, An internship is a perfect
  opportunity for you to gain valuable experience
  that can make you more marketable to employers.
• International Paper states, Students gain
  valuable work experience and insight into
  their career path while earning a
  competitive salary.

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What Is An Internship Today?

• According to Ernst Young, As an intern, youll
  be part of a global organization, working
  alongside committed
• professionals as you develop the skills youll
  need to succeed.

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Take an Extra Step

• Join professional organizations in the accounting
  field like Beta Alpha Psi or NABA
• According to their website, Beta Alpha Psi is
  recognized and respected by the business
  community as a premier collegiate organization.

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Take an Extra Step

• According to their website,NABA addresses the
  professional needs of its members and builds
  leaders that shape the future of the accounting
  profession.
• These organizations can make you resume stand
  out.
• Most recruiters look for participation in
  professional organizations

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How to Begin the Process

• Get your resume critiqued through your faculty
  advisor or Career Services. Use Optimal Resume
  from your home and get your resume critiqued
• http//www.memphis.edu/careerservices/
• Plan your schedule when it works best for you.
  Fall, spring, or summer?

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How to Begin the Process

• Remember contacts you have made. Decide what area
  interests you.
• Search eRecruiting.
• http//memphis.experience.com/
• Allow time to interview and evaluate
  opportunitiesplanning ahead usually provides
  more options.

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Know the Company You Want to Intern For

• Study their organizationbefore
  your interview
• Review the business journals about their role in
  the industry
• Businessweek
• Wall Street Journal
• Forbes

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Know the Company You Want to Intern For

• Go to the companys website
• Sign up for email alerts
• Learn their competitors
• Become knowledgeable of their products or
  services

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Get Ready For The Interview

• Develop interview questions
  for the interview
• Practice your interview with a
  professor or go to career services
• Think through potentially challenging questions
• Develop a list of questions that you have
  for your interviewer

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Interviewing Dos

• Do practice interviewing before the actual
  interview. Enlist a friend for help.
• Do dress appropriately and bring extra copies of
  your resume.
• Do arrive early. Preferably 10 to 15 minutes
  prior to the interview start time, but no more
  than 15 minutes early.

• Do greet the interviewer by title (Ms., Mr., Dr.)
  and last name.
• Do make eye contact and shake hands firmly. 
• Do be aware of body language. Maintain good
  posture and look enthusiastic.

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Interviewing Dos

• Do close the interview positively. Don't forget
  to let him or her know that you look forward to
  hearing from the company soon.
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• Do get business cards from each person you
  interviewed with and write a thank-you
  letter promptly.

• Do honestly give qualitative answers and
  emphasize your strengths.
• Do ask for clarification if you don't understand
  a question.
• Do ask questions. This will display your interest
  in the position.

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Interviewing Donts

• Don't be late.
• Don't chew gum or smoke during the interview.
• Don't wear heavy perfume or cologne or dress
  casual.
• Don't have a limp or clammy handshake.

• Don't be soft-spoken. Confidence is key.
• Don't answer questions with a "yes" or "no." Give
  examples.
• Don't rely only on your resume or cover
  letter to do the selling for you.

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Interviewing Donts

• Don't answer your cell phone. Turn it off.
• Don't make negative comments about former
  positions.
• Don't interrupt the interviewer.

• Don't be discouraged if no definite offer is made
  at the end of the interview.
• Don't tell jokes or bring up personal issues
  during the interview.

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You Have the Internship. Now What..

• To get academic credit, you must register for the
  course and complete the application required by
  FCBE online. Your professor will determine your
  requirements for academic credit.
• All you need to know is online
• http//www.memphis.edu/fcbeinternships/index.php

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You Have the Internship. Now What..

• Make an appointment with Whitney Brown and bring
  her you application and offer letter
• She will check to make sure that you meet
  the requirements for getting credit for
  an academic internship

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What are the Qualifications?

• Junior status (60 hours)
• 2.75 cumulative GPA
• 15 hours of upper division core coursework

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The Next Step

• Once you meet the qualifications, take your
  application and offer letter to Dr. Callahan
• She will approve your internship
• Lastly, take your application back to Whitney
  Brown to obtain your course permit

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Why Get Academic Credit For Your Internship?

• Faculty guidance and support
• Your internship is documented on your transcript
• You can get accounting elective credit
• Additional internships can be taken as electives
  through the University College
• Your internship substitutes for a class and
  provides career value

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Once You Are Hired

• Treat your academic internship like a job
• Be respectful and abide by company policies
• Remember an internship is looked at as an
  extended job interview

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Have Questions? Who Do You Contact?

• Kathy Tuberville
• Office of Academic Internships
  K.Tuberville_at_memphis.edu
• 678-3105
• Whitney A. Brown
• Associate Director of Internships, Recruitment,
  and Scholarships
• wabrown1_at_memphis.edu
• 901-678-3905