McGill CSSA

McGill Chinese Students & Scholars Association and Evergreen Association together present you the “Business Plan & Career Development Seminar Series”

Title: “Career Path in Accounting Field"
Speaker: Dr. Sanjian Zhang from Faculty of Management, McGill University
Date: Friday, May 15th, 2009
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Location: Room 179, Bronfman Building, Faculty of Management, McGill University
1001 Sherbrooke Street West

Light refreshments provided by Evergreen Association (http://evergreenassociation.org/evcc)

Limited seats, please reply with your name for reservation.

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Tentative outline:

1. How to write your CV and how to prepare interviews for Accounting position?
2. Introduction about accounting designations in Canada and the world.
3. What will be the career path as an accountant?
4. How to make your accounting career plan?
5. How is the job market right now?
6. How does ecomomy crisis affect the accounting industry?
7. What is the prospect of development in accounting industry?

About the speaker: Zhang received his doctorate in accounting from the University of California, Irvine; his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Leuven, Belgium; and his bachelor’s degree in economics from Shanghai International Studies University, China. His teaching and research interests include financial accounting, auditing, bond credit rating, earning management, and financial distress. He was an American Accounting Association Doctoral Consortium Fellow in 2005 and a Paul Merage School of Business Fellow at the University of California, Irvine, from 2000 to 2004. Zhang is a member of the American Accounting Association and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. His audit expertise is in the sectors of financial service, manufacturing and energy.