Meet the Firm
Meet the Firm is a special opportunity for accounting and finance students to enhance their professional skills and meet employers.
The Basics
Meet the Firm is an annual event connecting accounting and finance students with firms and companies who offer internships and full-time roles. To see if you are eligible to attend, please select the Who Should Attend menu below.
To participate in Meet the Firm, a student must complete five steps. Should you have any questions about anything in this process, please contact Suzanne Sager at suzanne.sager@lipscomb.edu or 615.966.1345. We are here to help you!
The Meet the Firm event will take place from 4:30-6 p.m. on Aug. 28, 2019 in the Student Activities Center. Registration is open from now to August 23.
Step One: Now to August 23: Register for the event
Event Registration
Step Two: August 1: Initial Resume due to Suzanne Sager
- Please see examples and resources below
- Send a Word file saved in this format: LastName, FirstName.doc
Step Three: August 20: Professional headshot due to Nicole Anderson
Step Four: August 20 to 24: Attend a mandatory Meet the Firm Prep Session (Even if you have previously attended a Meet the Firm event, you will be required to attend a prep session to learn about the University’s new job posting platform, Handshake.)
Prep Session Registration
Step Five: August 28: Upload approved resume to job posting platform (details about how to complete this step will be shared at the Prep Sessions)
Who Should Attend?
Accounting Majors
- Sophomores who are taking Intermediate Accounting in fall 2019 are encouraged to attend.
- All juniors and seniors are required to attend, unless you have already accepted an offer for an internship or full-time employment in 2020.
- Communicate with the firm where you have accepted an internship to ensure they are supportive of your attendance at the event — they usually are.
- If you have accepted an internship offer for the spring or summer of 2020, you nevertheless are encouraged to attend to build your network and explore internship opportunities for other semesters.
Finance Majors
- All juniors and seniors are required to attend.
- Sophomores who are taking Equity Investments in fall 2019 are encouraged to attend.
Resume
- Create one-page resume using resources on Resume Creation Worksheet.
- Resume Examples
- Creating Bullet Points (see No. 7 on Resume Creation Worksheet)
Submit your one-page resume for initial review to Suzanne Sager at suzanne.sager@lipscomb.edu. Please send in MS Word format and include your first and last name in the file name.You will receive editing suggestions by email to begin the process of refining your resume. If you desire, you may schedule an appointment or phone conversation to discuss ideas for resume improvement.
Photograph
Have a headshot taken of yourself in professional, business attire — jacket and tie for men; jacket and blouse for women. Use a solid, neutral background. You may take the photograph on a smartphone (send by email and choose "actual size") or have it taken professionally. If you are in Nashville and able to come to campus, you may be able to schedule a free headshot session with Kristi Jones in Lipscomb's marketing department. (She does this as a courtesy for accounting students, if she has an availability.) Please contact her directly at kristi.jones@lipscomb.edu. Dates for free professional headshots to be taken on campus will be announced in early August. Be sure to email your photograph to nicole.anderson@lipscomb.edu.
Required Attire & General Tips
Men's Professional Dress
- Dark dress suit in black, navy or gray
- White or light blue starched dress shirt
- Conservative tie
- Polished dress shoes and dress socks
Women's Professional Dress
- Dress suit – pants or skirt - or a conservative dress
- Pressed blouse in a light color
- Polished, closed toe matching dress pumps
- Limit jewelry – stud earrings recommended
- Avoid dark or bright nail polish – short nails recommended
What to Bring to the Event
- Copies of approved resume
- Portfolio – to hold your resumes and a pad of paper for notes (The Career Connection Office has a limited number of portfolios available for checkout.)
- List of Participating Firms - will be shared with students prior to the event
General Tips
- Leave phones, purses, change, or large key chains in the car or at home
- Backpacks may be checked at the registration table
- No gum
- Review the elevator pitch document
Participants
2019 Participants
- Cherry Bekaert LLP
- CPA Consulting Group PLLC
- Crosslin PLLC
- Crowe LLP
- EY
- FMC CPAs PLLC
- HCA Internal Audit
- Jackson National
- KraftCPAs PLLC
- New York Life
- Puryear & Noonan CPAs
- PwC
- Surgery Partners
2018 Participants
- AMSURG
- Becker Professional Education
- BKD
- Blankenship CPA Group, PLLC
- Carr, Riggs & Ingram LLC
- Cherry Bekaert LLP
- Cigna
- CPA Consulting Group PLLC
- Crosslin PLLC
- Crowe
- Deloitte
- EY
- Faulkner Mackie & Cochran PC
- HCA Healthcare - Tax
- HCA Healthcare - Internal Audit
- HCA Physicians Services
- Ingram Industries
- Jackson National Life Distributors
- Kraft CPAs PLLC
- LSC Communications
- LKQ Corporation
- Mullins Clemmons & Mayes, PLLC
- National Healthcare Corporation
- Northwestern Mutual
- Puryear Hamilton Hausman & Wood PLLC
- PwC
- Ronald Blue & Co. CPA's and Consultants
- RR Donnelley
- RubinBrown
- Surgery Partners
- Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury
- Tennessee Department of Treasury
On-Campus Recruiting & Academic Transcripts
On-Campus Recruiting is a tool for employers to meet with students. Not all firms participate in On-Campus Recruiting. If a firm is not participating in On-Campus Recruiting, they will contact you directly to set up interviews at their offices.
More details about On-Campus Recruiting and how to use our new job posting platform, Handshake, will be shared at the Preparation Sessions in August.
Some employers request a copy of your academic transcript. If you need help accessing your academic transcript for employers, please look at our step-by-step guide.
