Accounting

Major, Career & Job Hunting Information Online

General

• Exploring Majors  – includes description of major, special skills and abilities needed to succeed, examples of job titles, examples of organizations that hire Accounting majors, resources for learning about the field, contacts.
• Academic Course Planning Form – Select the course Planning Form for the year that you entered Mason as a student or stop by Academic Advising, SUB1, Room 304
• Contacts

o Sarah Nutter, Accounting Department Area Chair, 116 Enterprise Hall, (703) 993-1860      

o Academic Advising Center, SUB 1, 304, (703) 993-2470

o Laura Rhoades, Kerry Willigan, and Laura Winkler, Office of Academic and Career Services, School of Management, 008 Enterprise Hall, (703) 993-1880

• Accounting Department

Additional Career/Occupation Information

• Career Library Resources – Blue section, located in SUB1, Room 348       
• O*NET Online (In-depth information about occupations)                                                                                       
• Beta Alpha Psi (Mason’s Accounting Honors Society)
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (www.aicpa.org)
• National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (Information on CPA licensure requirements by state)
• American Accounting Association (aaahq.org/index.cfm)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook (Accounting and Auditors section)
• George Mason University Career Network (available to Mason students)

Getting Experience

• PatriotJobWeb – University Career Services
• Internship Fair – each spring semester an internship fair is held at Mason
• Career Library Resources – Yellow section, located in SUB1, Room 348
• Types of Career Related Experience
• Getting the Most from Your Internship Experience
• Prepare to Job Hunt (good information for getting experience as well – writing resumes, interviewing, etc.)

Graduate and Professional School

• The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business - Business School Profiles
• All Business Schools – Accounting (www.allbusinessschools.com)
• Career Library Resources – Red section, located in SUB1, Room 348

Job Hunting & Preparation

• Job Hunting Strategies
• PatriotJobWeb – University Career Services
• Career Library Resources – Yellow section, located in SUB1, Room 348
• AICPA Landing a Job (In-depth resources on hiring, interviewing, salaries, etc.)
• DC Accounting Jobs (Job postings in the DC Metro Area)
• Preparing to Job Hunt