It just got a little louder: more future CA bloggers, and an interesting about Deloitte
The post count on the left side here reveals that I've had a relatively busy summer, but now that I had some time to write some fresh posts and catch up on what everyone's writing about, I see several new interesting blogs popping up. I already mentioned Want to Be in my last post. We'll get to some interesting news from Chicago concerning Deloitte but first, some introductions are in order.
Winding Down Nuit Blanche Toronto 2007
Just in time for recruiting season comes Big 4 Bound who has some excellent insights into students' minds that recruiters should be aware of.
On very different track there's Jenny Cao, who's pursuing CA classes and Biotech at the same time. Wow. If she manages to post with any frequency while going through UW hell it'll be all the more impressive.
Finally, Narrowing the GAAP is another fun place - the resume tips are a good place to start if you're applying for jobs. The Big 4 Lingo post, on the other hand, is an excellent article to read and save for future reference if you're about to start your first job with any accounting firm in the next month or so.
It's great to see more sites popping up, many, or should I say most, of them Canadian, building something resembling an online community. It's a big leap from when the entire online universe of CA students, and university students considering their CA consisted of basically Neil and myself bouncing ideas off each other and whoever was kind enough to respond.
Particular worth reading from the sagacious class of writers is Francine's post concerning Deloitte's raises, or lack thereof, this year. As usual, the comment thread is jam-packed with commentary from those affect by the turmoil. Dennis' dedicated commentary on the same topic is also worth reading.
Worse than the poor environment for raises - which sounds like something that'll be a problem for most people this year - is the way the secret e-mail published in that article describes how the surviving staff - those who didn't get laid off already - will be treated.
In a word?
Poorly.
I don't think they mentioned yet another hit the Deloitte people are taking: the much-loved fitness benefits? Cut back in some regions.
Oh well, working all those mandatory 50 hour weeks for half a year won't leave a much time for exercise anyway.
I forsee severe turnover at Deloitte in the near future.