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Master of accounting www.mac.unc.edu APPLY TO THE UNC MASTER OF ACCOUNTING PROGRAM WITH YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE. For many uses, including your application to the UNC Master of Accounting Program, your LinkedIn profle can replace your formal resume. Make sure it represents you well by following these important tips. Introduce yourself properly. “Hello, my name is...” Be sure that your LinkedIn name matches the name on your application profle. It’s helpful to have your current job title in the contact section, but we also understand if you’re keeping your headline statement broad and skill-based. Tell us more about yourself. What makes you special? Tell us about your key skills and future aspirations. What defnes you as a professional individual and what are your goals? Bonus points for including a reference to our MAC program! Your experience. What have you done? This section will look the most like your resume. Provide a general overview of your role in a couple sentences. Then, craft action-oriented specifc bullets. What skills did you demonstrate to solve a problem? How can you quantify your impact? Use this section to demonstrate your abilities! Include a summary and bullets for whichever provides a greater duration – fve years or your last three positions. Education and activities. What have you already learned? Include all of the institutions from which you received a formal degree. Please include graduation dates. To supplement your education, include your clubs and activities. We highly value community, volunteer, and leadership experience. Show us your best! We’re here to help. Our admissions and career specialists can answer any questions you have about your resume/LinkedIn profle, other parts of the application, or the UNC Master of Accounting Program. Simply contact us at [email protected] or 919-962-3209. Alex Auditor Audit Analyst I’m an up-and-coming accounting superstar. Born from a curiosity to understand how the world works, I currently put my research mindset to work as an fnely tuned audit analyst. I’d like to manage our internal controls someday and I plan to use a MAC degree from UNC to help me... Experience Education Audit Analyst Virginia Department of Fossils and Bones Oct 2012 – Present Richmond, VA I oversee the fscal operations of our frst-class feld teams. > Monitor expenses from archaelogical digs across the state. > Produce the quarterly cost-per-bone report for management review. > Identifed opportunities for cost savings of $250,000 in FY2016. Accounting Intern World Geographic Society Jun 2011 – Sep 2012 Washington, D.C. I assisted several directors with their lobbying efforts, managing their expense reports and delivering coffee at regular intervals. University of Intelligencia History, minor in Business 2007 – 2011 Activities and Societies: Young Entrepreneurs Society (Treasurer), Archaeological Digs in Peru and Bolivia, Marching Band START your application FOLLOW us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/showcase/uncaccounting

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Page 1: Apply to the UNC Master of Accounting Program …...LINKEDIN PROFILE. For many uses, including your application to the UNC Master of Accounting Program, your LinkedIn proile can replace

Master of accounting www.mac.unc.edu

APPLY TO THE UNC MASTER OF ACCOUNTING PROGRAM WITH YOUR

LINKEDINPROFILE.

For many uses, including your application to the UNC Master of Accounting Program, your LinkedIn profile can replace your formal resume. Make sure it represents you well by following these important tips.

Introduce yourself properly. “Hello, my name is...” Be sure that your LinkedIn name matches the name on your application profile. It’s helpful to have your current job title in the contact section, but we also understand if you’re keeping your headline statement broad and skill-based.

Tell us more about yourself. What makes you special? Tell us about your key skills and future aspirations. What defines you as a professional individual and what are your goals? Bonus points for including a reference to our MAC program!

Your experience. What have you done? This section will look the most like your resume. Provide a general overview of your role in a couple sentences. Then, craft action-oriented specific bullets. What skills did you demonstrate to solve a problem? How can you quantify your impact? Use this section to demonstrate your abilities! Include a summary and bullets for whichever provides a greater duration – five years or your last three positions.

Education and activities. What have you already learned? Include all of the institutions from which you received a formal degree. Please include graduation dates. To supplement your education, include your clubs and activities. We highly value community, volunteer, and leadership experience. Show us your best!

We’re here to help. Our admissions and career specialists can answer any questions you have about your resume/LinkedIn profile, other parts of the application, or the UNC Master of Accounting Program. Simply contact us at [email protected] or 919-962-3209.

Alex AuditorAudit AnalystI’m an up-and-coming accounting superstar. Born from a curiosity to understand how the world

works, I currently put my research mindset to work as an finely tuned audit analyst. I’d like to

manage our internal controls someday and I plan to use a MAC degree from UNC to help me...Experience

Education

Audit AnalystVirginia Department of Fossils and BonesOct 2012 – PresentRichmond, VA I oversee the fiscal operations of our first-class field teams.

> Monitor expenses from archaelogical digs across the state.

> Produce the quarterly cost-per-bone report for management review.

> Identified opportunities for cost savings of $250,000 in FY2016.Accounting InternWorld Geographic SocietyJun 2011 – Sep 2012Washington, D.C. I assisted several directors with their lobbying efforts, managing their

expense reports and delivering coffee at regular intervals.

University of IntelligenciaHistory, minor in Business2007 – 2011Activities and Societies: Young Entrepreneurs Society (Treasurer),

Archaeological Digs in Peru and Bolivia, Marching Band

START your application FOLLOW us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/showcase/uncaccounting