alpfa newsletter fall2011 no. 2

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Newsletter

Mendy Chow signing in

ZoilaEveryone making a line to

sign in

Returning ALPFA mem-

bers coming for the rs

meeting

ALPFA Issue 2, September 9, 201

ALPFA E-Board

Daniel Zamora

Grant Thornton

much more...


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First General Meeting

On Friday September

2nd, ALPFA held its first gen-

eral meeting where over 100

new students attended. The

first meeting was initiated by

Paola Lacouture, ALPFAs

president, mentioning the

agenda of the meeting andlater introduced Gabriel

Freitas.Gabriel Freitas is a

member of the Student Gover-

ment Association (SGA) who

came to ALPFA to talk about the event Open for Business, which will be held

Thursday. From there Kevin Zamora took the stage to talk about the Ahead of

the Game,which will be held on September 29, 2011. Ahead of the Game is anevent where firms come to

recruit the most enthusiastic

students. Make sure you have

your resume and your shoes

shiny to impress the firms that

come to recruit. Maryia Shkar-

adzenak, vice-president of ac-

counting followed Kevin talk

about the moke interviews.

RSVP with Maryia if interested.Artem Volos, vice-president of

finance, came afterwards with

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an energetic speech to

talk about the Finance

Summit. The Finance Su-

mmit will be a panel of

finance professional whe-

re students can ask them

questions about their pro-fession or the recruitment

process. Camila Barranco

followed afterwards to talk

about the payment pro-

cess as well as the up-coiming fundraiser. Natalia Cabanillas later came on to talk about the com-

munity service ALPFA will participating in honor of the tragic event that oc-

cured a decade ago on September 11th. Mendy Chow then gave an informa-

tive speech about how the point system works and how it can benefit you.

Carlos Quijano, the webmaster, followed to talk about his committee and

how you can join. Jose Mortimer shook the audience with his energetic per-

sonality to join us at the social after the meeting. To finalize the meeting

Daniel Zamora gave an informative speech about the interviewing process.

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After the general meeting was

over, Grant Thornton took the

stage. They filled the air with ex-

citement as they were setting up.

Speakers were erected and a

game show podiums were set up

on stage. Beta Alpa Psi also joined

ALPFA where the room was over

populated with students. As every-

one settled down one of Grant

Thorton representatives took the

stage and started the presentation. Mitch, one of the senior managers at

Grant Thornton, spoke about the firm and the recruitment process. After beingbombarded with questions from students Grant Thornton hosted a game

show. The auditorium was broken into four groups and among those groups

they had to choose a representative. In conlusion, team 2, All Star team won

with a total of 575 points.

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Fundraiser

ALPFA will soon be doing its first fundraiser thanks to the treasurer,

Camila Barranco, and the restaurant Moes. On September 17, we will be

hosting the event Fill that tummy up where we can participate together with

friends and family. Just bring the flyer given to you so a percentage of the

food you buy with your friends can be donated to ALPFA. Moes is located

near international mall at 10660 NW 19th St. This will an event that will start

at 4PM until 8PM .

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Job Opportunities

Billing and collections

Bank account reconciliation

Payroll

(posting info to our payroll system and preparingthe journal entry)

Human resources

(making sure new hires have all the appropriate documentationand are giving information about our benets package and

policies)

Create job numbers for various projects

Assist with month end close.

Must be bilingual

If interested email your resume to:

Jonathan Ross, MBA

Stang Consultant

The Mergis Group, a division of SFN Group

701 NW 62nd Avenue (Waterford Way)

Suite 720Miami, FL 33126

Phone: 305-265-5300

[email protected]

http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanrosslink

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Job Opportunities

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How to apply instructions:1. Go to www.experiencepg.com & search for positions that interest you.

2. In the Find and Apply for Jobs section, enter the job number based on your interest (Full-time or Internships). Somopen job numbers are below. Click Go.

FULL TIME POSITIONS: (For 2nd

Year MBA Students and Undergraduate Seniors)

Finance & Accounting:FIN00002460 Finance & Accounting Manager For MBA StudentsFIN00002459 Finance & Accounting Manager For Senior Undergraduate StudentsHuman Resources:HR 00001938 Human Resources Manager For both MBA and Undergraduate StudentsConsumer Market Knowledge:CMK00000831 Associate Manager Full Time

INTERNSHIP POSITIONS: (For 1st

Year MBA Students and Undergraduate Juniors)

Finance & Accounting:FIN00002461 Finance & Accounting Internship For both MBA and Undergraduate StudentsHuman Resources:HR 00001937 Human Resources Internship For both MBA and Undergraduate StudentsConsumer Market Knowledge:CMK00000832 Associate Manager - Intern

OTHER STUDENT PROGRAMS: (For Sophomores and 1st

Year MBA Students)Finance & Accounting:FIN00002502 Finance, Accounting & Tax Seminar (FACT) For Sophomores StudentsFIN00002393 Finance & Accounting MBA Experience For 1

stYear MBA Students

Consumer Market Knowledge:CMK00000833 Consumer Strategy Workshop For Sophomore Students

3. At the bottom of the page, you will find the position you searched for (example below). Click Apply and complete tonline application.

4. If you meet the requirements for the role (read qualification section), you will receive a link to the Success DriversAssessment. The Success Drivers Assessment is a standardized assessment of your personal background, experiencinterests, and work-related attitudes that measures fit against P&Gs competencies defining successful job performaCaution: Take your time to make an honest and thorough assessment about yourself. This is about you; dont be sh

about your individual contributions, your values and your capabilities as a leader!!!Before you take this assessment,could/should visit our Recruiting website to learn about success drivers(http://www.pg.com/en_US/careers/career_main.shtml)

Not timedAvailable in 21 languages

5. After the Success Drivers Assessment, you will receive a link to the Reasoning Screen. The series of questions on thReasoning Screen helps P&G to learn more about your reasoning skills. The information obtained from the test will used to evaluate how well your particular abilities and qualifications meet the specific criteria required for successfulperforming the job for which you applied.

Each question has a time limit of 2:30; total test time is typically around 30 minutesAvailable in 21 languagesThere is no penalty for bad answers! Make sure you answer all the questions!

There is a practice test site available for all candidates at:https://pg.sitebase.net/pg_images/taleo/practicetest.htm

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Community Service

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ALPFA and Beta Alpha Psi would like to cordially invite you to our biannual

signature eventAhead of the Game Accounting and Business Expo. Thisevent is designed to be an exclusive career expo catering to Accounting

Finance, and related business fields. Many companies even use it as their pri-

mary recruiting event.

Event Details:

* Thursday, September 29th, 2011

* Time: 4:00 PM 8:00 PM

* Location: Graham Center Ballrooms.* Employer Registration will begin at 3:00 PM

* There will be two rotations of students

* The first will be 4:00 PM -5:45 PM

* The second 6:15 PM -8:00 PM.

Last Fall, more than 30 firms and companies participated in Business Industry

Night and Firms Night, and more than 200 students were in attendance repre-

senting the areas of Accounting, Finance, and related business fields. We an-

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Next Meeting

Next meeting will be at the same place RBD 1100 on September 9 at

6PM. The guest speaker will be Dawn Lazar that you will talk about building

your resume. After the general meeting Prudential will be doing a presenta-

tion for the finance majors in the Ryder buidling RB120. On the other hand,

PWC will be giving a presentation for accounting majors in RBD 1100.

RDB 1100 RB 120

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