Hello. My name is Jim Celia. I graduated from the University of Delaware in 2016 with an honours Bachelor and accounting, bachelor and economics and masters in accounting. When I started my program, I had a fairly clear picture of my interests as they take an accounting and economics courses in high school. While the classwork good Udi was always rigorous, I was always able find strengthen the fact that I knew pursuing my passions. Outside of the classroom, I immerse myself in all aspects of blue HAM life as part of the founding team of community service club, hence, served as the president of speech and debate team and worked as a TA and the Accounting and Business Management Departments. In the blue and Investment Club. I took the lead in developing the educational curriculum and online platform for training new analysts, which is still in use today. Perhaps the most formative part of my experience at the university was spent working as a research assistant with Dr. Farley grow in the economics department. Together we coauthored a published paper by the end of my time in the program. I took advantage of a strong relationship between Udi and the big four accounting firms to build my network early, I turn to the job fair put on by the department during my first two years. And through the connections I made, I was able participate in three summer exploration opportunities with EY, KPMG, and PWC. I accepted an internship offer with EY for my junior summer and then converted that into a full-time opportunity to start in the month of October after my graduation. In between graduation, my start date, I completed three of the four sections of the CPA exam. Once I've completed my first busy season with the firm, I finished the final section or in the Elijah Watt Sells Award for exam performance. I finished off getting my license after a year with the firm. All learned a lot in my role as an order. And EY, I always had a lingering interest in education, which had been kind of a common thread throughout my time at UB and in my work experience. On the side, I also picked up an interest in accounting research, learning how the work that we did in the office every day affected both firm disclosures and the stock market. After around a year and a half of the firm, it became apparent that I wanted to change directions and pursue a doctorate and Macau. Without any actual backup plan, I left my position and submitted applications for a variety of doctoral programs across the country. In the meantime, an old friend from Udi helped me link up to a tutoring opportunity. Our local community couch. This opportunity which started small, turned into a chance to teach of all things marketing. Turning the spring 2019 semester, I partly that experience and the work experience and my time at UD into getting an offer at the Ohio State University in order to serve in the accounting and MIS department, which is where I am today. My days explain exploring analyses, the power profession effects the markets and the economy as a whole. I just recently completed my comprehensive exams. I'm starting to work on my third-year paper. The goal, the papers to prepare an idea for my dissertation, which I'll be submitting in three years. Hopefully to graduate from the program and find a job as a professor of accounting. Perhaps I'll find my way back to UD after all. Find what makes you excited to come into work every day? I didn't hit it on my first try when I worked at EY. It was definitely a good learning experience, but it wasn't the right fit for mesh. And in knowing that and then taking the time to explore some of my other interests, I was able to find something that did fit a lot better. Once you've found that interest, chase it down. Sometimes you have to go out and take a risk. I wouldn't encourage you to be as risk-taking as I was. Just jump out of a good paying job with no backup plan. But I would say that once you've found something you're interested in, you need to chase after it. Lastly, don't be afraid to take a few detours. My opportunity at the community college was sudden and out of nowhere. And to this day I consider myself extremely lucky to work. The folks that I got apec. If you take those detours, you never know what you might find. I wish you best of luck with your you'd be experience and please do reach out to me if you can ever use some help. Thank you, and have a good day.
BUAD 110 Alumni Videos Jim Celia phd student
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