Hiring related question (practical and no need to be political correct): would you consider hiring a 34 years old woman, who is a fresh international graduate with a master degree in accounting and no prior working experience, for a staff position in audit/tax?

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If she seems competent and has the reqs just like any other entry level, then of course. I just gave my support for hiring our 35 year old intern after he completes his master's in tax and is expecting to take take the CPA

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if she was the best candidate

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Once you have a masters/MBA or 5+ years of work experience. Undergraduate GPA doesn’t matter much. Going to pay attention to the more recent GPA/your accomplishments in the work place.

A few years ago we hired a woman who was probably in her early 50s who changed careers from a medical administration job to become a CPA. She was obviously more mature than your typical junior staff and understood the amount of work that it took to do the job. The only issue that I ever had with her is that sometimes she didn’t always like taking direction from someone half her age (I think I was a supervisor at the time). Worked out well in the end and she’s since retired. So I don’t think age should really matter.

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Your age shouldn’t be a discussion point during the interview process, unless you look older and believe that would cause a concern for your interviewer

Really would depend on what her full story is and why she would want to join the firm - the reality is that most of her age peers at the firm are either making partner or getting pushed out and she would have 0 chance of making partner. The 2.9 GPA would probably be a more of a concern than the age though

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