Minority CPAs

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Minority CPAs

• Your Competitive Advantage

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Lets Talk About

• The Numbers
• Minorities in business, professions, and
  accounting
• The Disparity
• Numbers arent adding up
• The Opportunities
• Changing the landscape

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Minorities in U.S.U.S. Census Bureau reports
100 Millionethnic minorities
1 in 3residents is a minority

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• By 2050, minorities will account for nearly half
  of U.S. population

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Minorities in Professions
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AICPA Minority Report
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AICPA Minority Report
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Minority Owned Businesses
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Numbers Dont Add Up

• If 1/3 of the faces walking down the streets are
  reflected in only 8 of a profession,
• that profession FAILS the clientele it serves.
• The CPA Journal, A publication of the New York
  Society of CPAs

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Conclusion?

• If businesses want to be successful in a global
  marketplace, expand client services, and have the
  strongest staff leading the way
• they need YOU!

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Diversity in the Workforce

• Variety of viewpoints and life experiences
• Language and communication skills
• Cultural understanding and acceptance
• Diversity breeds new approaches, creative
  solutions

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Diverse Workforce Diverse ClientsYour
Competitive Advantage

• Clients want to relate to a companys
  employeesappearance, values, etc.
• Better understand demographics and needs of
  customers
• Reach new markets
• Increase bottom line

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Your Options

• Accounting is strong in every economy
• Every business, industry, and major corporation
  needs a CPA

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Your Options

• Forensic Accounting
• Tax and Financial Planning
• Industry and Business
• Education

• Information Technology and Consulting
• Government
• Public Accounting

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Plan for Your Future

• Set a goal of graduating with no less than a 3.25
  GPA
• Build your resume, be active
• Find a mentorin and outside of your ethnic group
• Networkin and outside of your ethnic group
• Master corporate politics

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Plan for Your Future

• Obstacles will be there
• Be your best self
• Continually improve communication skills
• Seek out challenges
• YOU control your future

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