CPABC in Focus November/December 2014 | Page 8

Notes & News CPABC Fall Recruit Program O n September 4 and 5, 2014, over 1,100 students and recent grads from all across British Columbia flocked to the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel and Vancouver Convention Centre to attend the profession’s annual Mid-Size Firms & Industry and National Firms recruiting events in hopes of landing an articling position with one of the participating approved training offices. The Mid-Size Firms & Industry Recruiting Event took place on September 4, and featured representatives from Crowe MacKay, D+H Group, Davidson & Company, DMCL, James Stafford, KNV, Manning Elliott, MNP, the Office of the Auditor General of Canada, Smythe Ratcliffe, TELUS, and Wolrige Mahon. The National Firms Recruiting Event was held the following day, and featured reps from BDO, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Grant Thornton, KPMG, and PwC. Recruiting events also took place on Vancouver Island and in the BC Interior in mid-September, and these events were very well attended. As is the case every year, the event days were followed by an application and interview period, and then a one-week offer period. Our thanks to everyone who participated in the fall recruit, and our congratulations to the students who received articling offers! Students and company/firm reps network at the two-day recruiting event in Vancouver. Photos by Brian Hawkes Photographic Inc. 8  CPABC in Focus • Nov/Dec 2014