re: Converting plus/minus scale to regular scale for job GPA requirements

Then LinkedIn is her best bet. HR people, recruiters, partner and managers should all get messages from her. I think she can get a free trial of premium linkedin to help. The other way is go to the firms site and get emails that way. Generally once you have one company email you know the form to use to email any one.

Off limited information though tell her to look at the smaller firms.

Yea that’s why she needs to try direct email route. It’s still highly unlikely to get in big 4 with that but it’s a shot.

The good news is accounting has so much that even small firms can pay well. Plus if she keeps in contact with them after getting experience then she might get in that way.

Hmmm...... to quote a hiring manager I worked under when someone put a 3.5 on their resume which she considered subpar....... if you have an impressive GPA, include it. Otherwise, it will only make you look bad.

Needless to say, I’m damn glad she never knew my gpa because she would never have hired me.

Accounting and finance sounds miserable.

GPA does matter more for new grads....

But I’ve had it come up pretty rarely. Your friend should focus on her skills. Skills are everything and the ability to demonstrate you can learn new skills is what people look for in new grads. Theoretically, that’s what the gpa represents.

Same hiring manager said they don’t give a shite if the applicant has a degree, doesn’t have a degree, majored in engineering or womens’s studies, they need to demonstrate a capability of learning cutting edge technology and applying it to manage several billion dollars of securities. Not every firm has that full mindset but almost every place I interview with now, the first thing they ask is “ what systems and technology have you worked with.”

Ideally your friend will have gained some experience with hard skills in data analysis.

My situation now isn’t great because most of the jobs I am looking at require some level of CIS background which I have none of. It sucks.

I agree it’s about representing the ability to learn new skills in theory. They also use it as a initial filter, but she can try to go around that with reaching out to them instead of just using the apply here on the website.

Far too many new grads use the just apply here stuff on a site or hand a resume at a career fair and they don’t know to reach out after.

The other issue I think happens with accounting grads is too many don’t realize it’s really a sales pitch to get hired.

LinkedIn is a huge resource. Upgrade to premium, use it to search the firm, find their top people, managers and such plus hr. You send them a detailed message once a week until they respond.

You can also try searching for their email through the company site, most will have someone’s email in their bio. Once you have one, you really should have them all. Most companys are first initial and then last name @ whatever company.

Those can be annoying when they have a stupid email system.

If one strung me out that far I’d be pretty pissed. You could try this with them, contact them on Monday afternoon and tell them that a competitor has shown interest, but you would like them to get the first shot. They might speed up if they feel like they will lose you.

Yep once she does that gpa won’t mean shite at all.