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Career Connect Provides Employers with Special Access to CPAs Professional Developm In return, employers provide effective working and training environments for CPA members, candidates, and students Executive Programs The CPABC Career Connect employer program recognizes leading companies that provide effective working and training environments for CPAs and CPA candidates. The Controller’s Operational Skills program is designed to enhance your role on the management team by sharpening your skills in risk management, controls, ethical leadership, planning, budgeting, forecasting, performance measurement approaches, and financial reporting. The CPABC Career Connect employer program showcases top employers to a large pool of skilled potential employees. Recognition as a CPABC preferred employer is more than a seal of approval: it provides employers with exclusive access to the most talented accounting professionals. There are over 17,500 designated members, students, and candidates, and nearly 5,500 registered employers on the CPABC Careers Site. In addition, there are 200 Career Connect employers representing virtually every industry and region in BC. CPABC Career Connect employers receive: • An endorsement from CPABC as an effective working and training provider for its members, candidates, and students. F • irst access to graduating business and accounting students via CPABC’s recruitment forums, events, and Careers Site. T • he opportunity to host exclusive events for designated members, candidates, or students or to co-host joint events with other CPABC Career Connect employers. A • ccess to candidate profiles and resumes and a 25% discount on the CPABC Careers Site’s job postings plans. T • he company logo featured on the CPABC Careers Site. C • overage in CPABC’s popular promotional and informational campaigns on location at post-secondary campuses. In addition to receiving valuable third-party recognition from CPABC, the CPABC Career Connect employer program will take your company on campus, online, and into the minds of the most highly sought-after accounting professionals. If you are interested in learning more about the CPABC Career Connect employer program, contact Jerrick Barroso at [email protected] or (604) 629-8373. page 18 | I N D U S T R Y U P D AT E The Controller’s Operational Skills Program Register now! Early bird deadline is February 17. April 19-22, 2015 | Whistler The CFO as Navigator This program is designed to make you a complete CFO. The CFO as Navigator program is an interactive experience that covers corporate and acquisition strategy, value metrics, management reporting platforms, enterprise dashboards, performance metrics and strategy maps, information management and business intelligence, corporate planning platform design and creation, talent management, and incentive design. Register now! Early bird deadline is March 24. May 24-27, 2015 | Whistler Personal Development IFRS: Update 2014 Participants will review new and revised IFRSs and get an up-to-date snapshot of the other projects being considered by the IFRS standard setters. The content will cover new and revised standards approved between July 2013 and June 2014, and updates will be provided to summarize changes made after June 2014. February 25, 2015 | Vancouver An Introduction to Writing Business Plans What are the key ingredients to a successful business plan? And what are the most common pitfalls you, your clients, or organization need to avoid to ensure that the