Learn how to prepare a job search strategy and how to improve your interview skills. Includes topics such as Marketing 101, Interview preparation and Interview Skills development.

This course is for new CPA's who are contemplating a job move either from the firm or within industry. In this course, I'm sharing my insights and expertise from my decades of work experience, most recently as a Recruiter specializing in Finance & Accounting professionals. I'll share my tips & tricks on how to best construct a job search strategy, how to prepare for the interview, and perform well during the interview itself. We will also cover more sensitive topics such as red flags, the offer process, and discussing compensation. The job market is competitive so the supplemental worksheets done in conjunction with the course will give you a competitive advantage to get that dream job you really want!
Field of Study: Personal Development

Experienced CFO / Corporate Coach / Keynote Speaker
I am an experienced CFO who has transformed the office of Finance across multiple companies and industries. I began my career as an auditor and transitioned into Industry where I found the systems at each business I worked in lacking. I learned how to build Finance teams, the right processes, and then implement the systems to match. I have built high-performing teams and financial models for every size and type of business, and successfully designed and implemented systems including SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Prophix. My specialty is I speak "business" not accounting, and can explain complex topics in a simple, interesting way. After doing the work for 25 years, I am now sharing my tools and best practices so that the next generation of Finance leaders have the resources they need at hand. I only teach what I have successfully done! In addition to Finance, I am passionate about building better businesses, with Diverse leadership, people-first practices to create healthy cultures that support ALL people equally. After years of putting work ahead of my health, I'm an avid Fitness enthusiast and work to inspire people to invest in their own health. Follow me on LinkedIn for daily content on Fitness, work/life balance, and building healthy corporate cultures.

CPA, CA
I am an experienced CPA, CA with over 30 years of work experience in Finance & Accounting. I have spent the last 16 years in Recruitment, specializing in Finance & Accounting professionals. My career has involved a move from the firm to industry and was focused in Consumer Packaged Goods and the Pharma/Biotech industries in leadership roles. I made a career pivot into Recruiting and started my own boutique search firm; Maverick Consulting Group in 2015. I have interviewed thousands of candidates and have worked with hundreds of clients and one thing became very clear; CPA's need to improve their interviewing skills if they want to land that dream job. In addition to running my own business, I volunteer significant time to the CPA profession including a role as President of the Hamilton CPA Ontario Association. I am an avid gardener and missed my calling in landscape design. I am passionate about golf and the Seattle Seahawks. Follow me on LinkedIn for content on recruitment, leadership and career development.