I would like some opinions on when I should start looking for a new job. I’m unhappy where I’m working right now and wish to leave as soon as I can. I have passed reg and far so far. I will be taking Audit next month. I hope to be done and licensed by summer of 2021. Should I start looking for new jobs now? Or would it be better to wait until I get my cpa license? I live in California btw, so I need to show I have had one year of accounting experience to apply for the license.

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Does your firm provide a bonus for passing? If so, would you be able to keep it if you left soon after passing? Could also try and negotiate that as part of new job.

Do you know what type of job you are looking for? Shouldn’t be hard to get one year experience sign off elsewhere but depends on if you’d still be doing accounting related work & be working under a CPA.

You stated you’d like to leave as soon as possible so if that’s the goal, start looking now. At least will give you a better idea of what’s out there. Timing wise won’t be great right before busy season & could burn some bridges at your current job so again depends on your priorities since maybe that’s nbd.

In my opinion - First steps would be to formulate what you’d like to actually do next & then you can better figure out best timing to help get you there.

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Submit your experience form before you leave! Although it wasn’t a hassle for me to get it signed after I left, I still had to wait several weeks for HR to get it done. And honestly, finding a good job takes several months if you no longer want to do PA. I would start looking for something right now.

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