MSA '18 Xiaojia Liu Xiaojia (Katie) Liu (MS'18) interviewed alumni Huanxi (Edison) Zhu about his role as Assurance Associate at PwC. Katie: Edison, what made you end up choosing assurance as your current profession and how do you like it so far? Edison: Basically, audit and tax are the two most common options to accounting students when they graduate. I did a busy season interning in tax at a mid-size accounting firm, and realized tax was not my passion. Therefore, the only option left was audit. Luckily, PwC gave me an offer in audit at that point, so I decided to give it a shot. So far, I haven't regretted my decision. MSA '16 Alumni Huanxi Zhu Katie: What are some skills that you think are necessary for students who are planning to enter into public accounting? Edison: There are hard skills and soft skills. Technically wise, you want to have a solid understanding of accounting principles and strong Excel skills. Since we are all in New York, most st

Building a network is important, start this early (in college) and it will definitely help your career in the future. For all our students, we highly encourage meeting (new) people, especially in events, meetups, and when in business environments. And while you are going to networking events, it is always a good idea to have a business card at hand, a perfect impression and simple reminder of who you are, and how they can contact or keep in touch with you. For this purpose,we have created special Baruch College / Zicklin School of business -  cards. These student cards are templates that you can personalize and print yourself. You can find them in the CareerLink Resource Library, check out the video on how to access  and use them:

GCMC Mission The Graduate Career Management Center is an educational department dedicated to providing Zicklin graduate students and alumni with the tools and resources necessary to successfully manage their careers while building relationships between employers and the Baruch community to help develop talent pipelines. Fred Burke — Director Fred comes to the Zicklin School of Business with over 15 years of experience in higher education career services. For the last six years, he was the Executive Director of the Career Center at Hofstra University. He finds great joy in helping students discover their career plans and implementing those plans into actual internships and jobs. Lindsey Plewa — Deputy Director and Career Advisor For more than a decade, Dr. Lindsey Plewa has coached thousands of students on how to successfully navigate a job search. Prior to working at Baruch College, she ran a professional development program for MBA studen