The Vancouver Accounting Experience. The Accounting Career Podcast.

In this episode of the Vancouver Accounting Experience podcast, I answer the number one question that I seem to get: "Should I?" For which, I have a very simple, universal answer. This is a short podcast but an important one I think as there must be a reason this question keeps coming up!

This is a 2 x Adrian podcast! A long weekend (Victoria Day in Canada) calls for a relaxed "fireside chat' as Adrian Dastur, Vice-Chair of the CPA BC chapter in Tri-Cities/Ridge Medows joins Adrian Law, host of the Vancouver Accounting Podcast. Nothing too serious as Adrian & Adrian talk about tips for aspiring CPAs, speaking foreign languages, growing up in another country, immigrating to Canada, living and working with Covid-19, and much, much more!

In this episode of the Vancouver Accounting Experience podcast, I'm on a Q&A call with an Accountant/CPA candidate to listen, answer his questions on careers moves, and offer my two cents. The question of whether someone should leave their current comfortable, well-paying job for better career opportunities comes up all the time! A very common question. So I think this episode offers a bunch of value as I'm sure lots of people can relate and have similar questions. Enjoy! :)

Like many, aspiring accountants can have a lot to worry about. Balancing school, exams, work, and family is tough. Managing expectations and pressure from our parents, peers, and managers is even tougher.

This is exactly why we need to slow things down and talk about mental wellbeing. What is mental well-being? What should we be aware of? What are some indicators of potential imbalance? In this podcast, I chat with Anita Van Rooyen, Chief Confidence Hacker from ConfidenceHackers.com and Sam Chor of UJ Hostels (Uncle James Hostels) to talk about confidence and mental wellbeing awareness. This is an important episode, so please join me in learning from Anita and Sam's experiences and expertise.

I'm sick! Don't worry it's not that virus - just a bad cough -- but enough to make me contemplate our life and times living with the COVID-19 pandemic and crisis that is affecting everything and everyone. I get into talking about working from home, getting the munchies, the rise of Zoom, social distancing, poor public behaviour, the lack of sport and most importantly, having the proper perspective during these challenging times. 

With the global lockdown, a lot of you will have extra time on your hands. What better way to spend the time than to start thinking about the upcoming CFE! With this year's CFE (Common Final Examination) just over five months away, I thought I'd share with you my tips on study prep for the CFE and case writing based on my own UFE (CA legacy exam) experiences.  I even give a quick tip on what you can get started working on right now. Hint hint: it's got nothing to do with accounting.

My CPA mentee Jane Zhang joins me on the podcast to talk about her experiences as a fairly new professional accountant working in industry. Jane talks about how her co-op job reinforced her interest in an accounting career. She also shares her advice for accounting students and explains why it's so important to have a hobby!