I keep seeing people land roles at cool companies like Netflix, Spotify, or some slick tech startup and I can’t help but wonder… how? Is it networking? Some secret resume format? A career coach? Sacrificing a goat to the job gods? Because I’ve got the credentials, the CPA, decent experience, but I’m sending out apps like candy and hearing crickets. What actually makes the difference? I’m not trying to be famous, I just want out of audit and into somewhere that feels exciting again.

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I think networking is the only way to get into those companies

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I agree with this. Plus, relevant experience. If your audit experience is in banking or nonprofits for example…they would not be relevant and the companies would not be interested. Ideally you would have senior or manager level audit experience in tech or similar industries. The market is saturated with very qualified people so they can be very picky and not look for transferable skills as much as in the past. These companies are cutting back and don’t have time to train you. Plug and play

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Good to know someone already in the company who can refer you.

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