Hoping to tap into the state’s approximate 8,200 fourth- and fifth-year accounting students and last year’s 3,650 Florida-based accounting graduates, according to Florida CPA Today, the Florida Institute of CPAs recently created an
FICPA members can promote internship openings, at no cost, on the web-based Internship Opportunity Engine, which serves as a directory for student members throughout the state.
“Many of our team members benefited from college internships,” said Karen Mosteller, partner with Fort Myers-based Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Company, who served on the committee that spearheaded the effort. “This new initiative will help students and firms who are unable to attend face-to-face events on campus find each other.”
Future versions of the directory will include entry-level positions and search options for employee members seeking student candidates.