Brown Bag Seminar (YYC): Enhance Your Organizational Diversity - CPA Resources for International Accounting Professionals

Make your lunch hour truly powerful! Bring your lunch and attend a “brown bag” seminar, presented by CPA Alberta Career Services. Each month we cover a different career development topic. Join us January 22, 2017, for a session on getting information to assist internationally trained accounting professionals. The session will include an overview of the CPA Canada endorsed modules:

Guide to accounting business culture: Adapting to the Canadian accounting workplace

Overview:

CPA Canada has created accounting specific resources to assist internationally trained accountants with workplace integration. This session will be useful to those hiring and working with internationally trained professionals, to enhance organizational diversity, as well as newcomer accountants to Canada who could benefit from completing the training. The series of 7 modules cover a variety of topics including:

• writing an effective accounting resume
• developing strong interview skills
• giving and receiving appropriate feedback
• tackling challenges in the workplace
• recognizing and facing ethical dilemmas

In the seminar, you will learn how to:

• Access and promote the modules to internationally trained professionals
• Recieve a live demo of the modules and how they interact with the user
• Understand what topics are covered and how a professional who completes this series of modules can enhance their resume.

Details:

• Monday, January 22, 2017
  
• CPA Alberta, 800 444 7th Ave. SW
  
• 12:00 – 1:00 Module Overview and Demo Presentation
  
• 1:00 – 1:30 Questions and Optional Networking
  

Free event.

Lunch is not provided.

This is a CPA member-only event (students/candidates are unable to attend).

If you have a question about the Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, please email careerservices@albertaaccountants.org.