还有要提醒大家的是，谦虚是中国人的传统美德，但在找工作的时候，这美德还是不要发扬光大。当然俺也有道德规范的，不提倡作假，但是找工作一定要有信心，有冲劲，用最好的包装把自己推销出去，只要有本事，真金还怕火炼吗？其实最难的就是找第一份专业工作了，但是过了这个门槛，换第二，第三份工作就很容易了，sky is your limit.
很多TX抱怨找工的最大障碍就是缺乏本地经验，lack of local work experience, 其实还是有很多获得工作经验的途径的，尤其针对那些读Undergraduate & Postgraduate 的学生，毕业后想找个graduate opportunities, 就看你有没有把握众多的机会了。
其实本科3年，Master也要两年，等你毕业后找graduate opportunities，感觉缺乏work experience已经有点晚了，在读书的时候，你就因该想尽途径来获取和专业有关的经验了，下面我以accounting的专业来give some hints & tips on gaining some accounting related work experience.
1. CPA Australia has a work experience program during summer holidays, free of charge. It can place you into different companies to gain some valuable accounting work experience. The application is almost 100% success rate, as it is just work experience, you don't get paid. However, many of applicants have managed to gain part-time work afterwords, if the employer was impressed with your performance. The employer will also write you an good reference. Personally I did one work experience for a large manaufacturer (Pepsi) as a management accountant to prepare some budgets and variance analysis; the other one was with a chartible organisation, for ther FBT return and management reports. So it is highly recommendable to join in CPA Australia as a student member as soon as you enrolled in an accounting related degree.
2. The Institute of Chartered Accountant Australia (ICAA) has similar program with accounting firms and banks, however they are all paid work experience, and therefore you need to go through proper interview and are more competitive. There is also an overeseas working experience program available during summer holiday. So you get combine a holiday & work experience together and trip is fully funded by the employer. However, overseas working experience program is extremely hard to obtain, personally I missed out at the final round of interview . However, it is also recommended to join ICAA as a student member as soon as you commenced an accounting related degree.
3. All universities have Career Centres which can assist you with your career planning, such as writing up your resume, cover letters and interview techniques etc. However there is also a Casual Employment Services Centre, which is often overlooked by many students. While many of the jobs may not be labour based and minimum skills required such as child care, telemarketing, waitering, however from time to time, there is always some jobs are interesting and related to your profession, and you will get paid if you are successful in the interview. The entry level for these jobs is relatively low, because they want recruit students. So always keep close eyes on these career/casual job notices board, as I believe many of these jobs are posted online through universities website, UTS/Sydney Uni has one for example.
4. There is an organisation called Volunteer Australia, which always need people with different professions to volunteer. I believe Macquarie Uni for example, has incorproated this as part of their graduation requirements for some degrees. Employers place applicants with these experience highly on their recruitment radar as proper paid work experience, it is a very 'Australian' way of making contributions towards society. It is definitely worthwhile to investigate.
5. Many big firms especially services oriented firms (such as law firms, accounting firms, investment banks, management consultants) have summer clerkship, internship during the uni holidays, while it is very competitive, but it does not hurt to give a try. I was lucky enough to get into Anderson Consulting (now Accenture) for their Leadership Program.
6. Also, actively participated in different activities in Universities (such as Clubs and Societies) can be very beneficial, as well as tutoring & computer lab assistant opportunties, many employer value your extra-curricular activities, because many of soft skills such as organisation, communication, teamwork and leadership can be developed from running clubs and societies. Personally I was heavily involved in one or two club societies and organisation in my uni days, well 5 years in uni, you probably have to be involved.
7. It is worthwhile to do a MYOB course & Tax preparation course during your semester breaks. MYOB has a student version package which is free to download, many universities have for example, incorporated MYOB as part of their accounting degree requirement, even if it's not case, it is worthwhile to do a MYOB course through a TAFE or external education/training provider. Tax preparation course is provided by ITP, HR&Block and Alpha Tax. Not only it is very useful for your own benefits (almost everyone has to prepare tax return)to gain some hands-on experience on tax, but more importantly, many of these courses offer you a job after you successfully complete it and achieve great grades. After I completed ITP course in Hurstivlle, came 1st in the class, I was successful to secure a weekend job with ITP Miranda office, I did hundreds of tax returns for 1999-2000 tax return season. Those days we do everything via hand (no tax software available). I still can boost to people that I can do a tax return with pen, paper, a calculator and set of tables. Three of friends managed to gain full time employment through ITP and Alpha Tax, which they used a jumping board (aftter a couple of years) to land their 2nd/3rd accounting firm jobs afterwords. MYOB & Tax preparation courses are HIGHLY RECOMMENDED & Tax deductible.
8. You should actively go to career fairs, career presentations, job-searching & networking seminars whenever you. So you know the latest graduate/ undergraduate job opportunities, as well as learning some hints and tips on the recruitment/application process.
9. We live in an information world, if you know something other people don't you have an competitive andvantage. So register your CV early with one of reputable online recruitment agents as soon as practical, you never know when will you be headhuntered, make sure constantly update your online CV with latest experience, education, and personal details. There are also dedicated websites for graduate recruitment, for example Seek has dedicated graduate sections, CareerOne as well, there is also a site called Gradlink (or Graudatelink), etc. ICAA produces an Accounting Work Experience Guide every year which is very useful, you get a copy as part of student membership. Graduate Link produces a booklet called Graudate Opportunties which give you a brief description of the employer, application open and close dates, contact details, employer website. I religiously got a latest copy since 2nd year of uni onwards and read them like a career bible.
10. Get to know more people in your profession, especially those already working in your profession, make them your friends and mentors. You never know, they may refer some great working opportunties to you. Be the so called "accounting guru" among your friends and relatives, they may refer some ad hoc tax/book-keeping work to you. While it is true only tax agents can charge fees for providing tax advices, but it never stops accountants to charge people for bookkeeping fees. Quicken/MYOB/Cash Manager/ATO's eTax & Record Keeping Software can be your starting point for some book-keeping services, perhaps even do a bookkeeping course will be very beneficial. A lot accountants start with book-keeping services before they move on to big and better opportunties. You will be surprised how much some people is willing to pay for a good bookkeeper.
On a side note, personally I think it is an EXPLOITATION to ask STUDENTS to PAY a few THOUSAND DOLLARS to gain some accounting work experience, I know this is common among some Chinese accounting firms. I think it is definitely costly to train people up, therefore I understand why some of the work experience is done with no remuneration initially for a few weeks. However the idea that you have to PAY to get some of these experience, while you stil have to do the work for free is Absolutely Ourageous. This explains the high staff turnover for these firms. One of fundamental ethics for either a CPA or CA, is to charge clients fairly for the professional services you provide. I think the same courtesy should be extended to your employees. Also, Australia has minimum wage protection in place, free services (include training & learning) should be limited to 2-4 weeks maximum, then you should get paid at least with minimum award wage/salaries for the services you provide, the more experienced you get, the more you should get paid.
呵呵，写着写着，就偏题了，下一篇如何写打造一个精彩的履历， with real examples.
第二篇 - 如何写好会计专业(Accounting)的履历
履历的重要性谁都知道俺原不想唠叨了。可是俺帮别人看过的履历，有的真得不敢恭维，简直是对人才的辱没，对自己的摧残。俺打个比例，履历的重要性就像Formula One Grand Prix的Time Trial， 都是用最好的车已最快的速度来决定大赛的牌位。那差的履历就像开一辆20年的Magna去和那些赛车比，还比什么？！
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