NOTES & NEWS
Career Connect Employer Program Speed Interview Nights
M
ore than 100 keen CPA students, candidates, members, and
prospective students gathered at the Fairmont Waterfront
Hotel on March 16, 2016, for an opportunity to “speed interview” with hiring managers from CPABC’s Career Connect employer
partners. For hiring companies, speed interview events provide a quick
and easy way to screen a large number of jobseekers in one night. For
jobseekers, these events provide the opportunity to submit resumés
in person and interview with a variety of potential employers, thus increasing their odds of landing a job. Although most hiring decisions
are not made based on these initial meetings alone, the speed interviews
serve as a potential primer for follow-up interviews later on.
The following companies participated at the March 16 event (all are
members of CPABC’s Career Connect Employer Program):
• BC Public Service
• Fernandez Young LLP
• Galloway Botteselle & Company
• MNP
• MOSAIC Homes
• SM Accounting Group
• Steve Nash Fitness World & Sports Club
• TEC The Education Company
• TIO Networks Corp.
Throughout the night, jobseekers had the chance to practise their
communication and presentation skills as they moved from table to
table to interview with a variety of potential employers. At the same
time, employers had the opportunity to not only match jobseekers’
skills and experience with available positions, but also to gauge how
well these individuals might fit within their corporate cultures.
CPA PREP student Tyler Goulding is proof that CPABC’s speed interview events can lead to a job, as he was hired through the process
in 2015. At this most recent event, it was his turn to sit on the other
side of the table, interviewing applicants for his employer, TEC The
Education Company, where he now works as an accountant.
CPABC’s speed interview nights are held several times throughout
the year, generally in the spring and fall. While they vary in size, the
events often attract more than 150 jobseekers, and the number of participating Career Connect employer partners typically ranges from
six to 10.
The Career Connect Employer Program is an initiative launched by
CPABC’s Recruitment & Business Development team. The Program
is designed to bridge the hiring needs of BC’s leading workplaces with
the career development of CPABC’s students, candidates, and members.
For more information about the Program or to enrol your company
as an employer partner, please contact Jerrick Barroso, CPABC's employer
relations specialist, at [email protected].
Top (l to r): Azadeh Habibollah,
CPA PREP student Tyler
Goulding, and Elena Krasnov,
CPA, CGA—employer reps for
TEC The Education Company.
Middle (right side): Ivan Lie
and Rita Terlicher interview
job candidates for Steve Nash
Fitness World & Sports Club.
Bottom (l to r): Employer reps
Leanne Wong, CPA, CMA, and
Fred Bantados, CPA, CMA,
interview job candidates for
TIO Networks Corp.
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