Friday, July 30, 2010

The end impends

I found out yesterday from one of my professors that Deloitte and Touche recruits at my school, which is very good to hear. I still need to figure out how to get into that process from KZ, but it is a step in the right direction. I also need to start actually applying to jobs, rather than just looking at them online.

I am leaning towards eliminating my goals for Russian beyond keeping up with my words in Anki. With my two classes, I'm not really feeling the krazy studying that I really need to do in Russian to make substantial progress by the middle of September when I will take my test. I do want to listen to a few audiobooks, however, and see if that is helpful.

My law class finishes this week, and I'm sad because I dropped to an 89 percent. It would be nice to have a 4.0, though as I think of it an A- probably won't help me get there. More classes next semester, though I don't yet have all the ones I want. Still need to get permission from a councilor to take more than 16 units.

Still mulling my options for my trip home after PC. I still want to go to Russia, but I might make it a shorter trip than originally envisioned, and spend less time also in Ireland.

A lot of it will depend on when/if I get a job. I now have a big piece of paper on my wall where I'm writing down my thoughts and possible plans.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Russian Camp Next Week (maybe 2 weeks)

I finished Pat's camp in Persnofka last week. It was fun, but very tiring.

Yesterday I finally finished catching up on the stuff I missed by going to camp, and am mostly where I need to be for stuff. I still haven't gotten to the Russian audiobooks I have, but I remain hopeful for the weeks after Russian Camp.

There will be 8 volunteers from outside Petro coming in for the camp which will be held in my college, which has graciously offered us rooms and is letting the out-of-town volunteers stay in the dormitory. It should be a fun time.

The weather today is pretty chilly, as was the day before yesterday, but yesterday was very hot. I'm hoping it will stay like this for the rest of the summer, but it will probably heat back up.

My current torment is the thought of getting a job. The internet news is pretty grim on the prospect for recent graduates, and there is increasingly serious talk of a double dip recession, which would be a bit of a bother for me. It looks like more than half of recent BA's don't have a job for which a BA is a requirement.

Hopefully I will be able to leverage my PC experience to avoid that.

Anybody know any Public Accountants I could do an Informational Interview with?

I won't be on campus to attend the recruiting events, and so I need to make an unconventional entry into the profession.

Current plan is to start calling everyone with a CPA that I have a connection to and asking their opinion of how to get into the field from where I am now.