MSCPA Mentor Connection

This professional mentoring, networking and educational program is designed to assist high school students, college students and working professionals from diverse educational, cultural, generational and experiential backgrounds to achieve greater knowledge and understanding about careers in the accounting profession. The program fulfills this mission by offering participants one-on-one mentoring by experienced CPAs through a flexible program designed to meet their needs.

Objectives:

To provide students and future CPAs with concrete networking opportunities by connecting them to licensed CPAs within the state of Massachusetts.
To facilitate the personal and professional development of students and future CPAs through the exchange of ideas, opinions and experiences at it relates to the accounting profession.
To create and foster an open, trusting environment where accounting issues and trends can be freely discussed.
To recruit and develop seasoned CPAs to serve as volunteer mentors for participants in the program.
To provide a solid venue for seasoned CPAs to donate time to their community and to act as premier ambassadors for the accounting profession.

Who May Participate?

Any Massachusetts high school or college student, regardless of age, grade level, or major may participate in the program. Students should possess a keen interest in learning more about the accounting profession and the world of business.
Non-CPA working professionals in Massachusetts may participate in the program. These individuals may be professionals "in transition" who are looking for guidance and advice on what it takes to become a CPA in the State.

Special Notes:

Accountants, or CPAs, currently employed in public accounting firms are strongly encouraged to seek out mentors in their own firms, either through formalized programs or through other informal means.
This program does not support, or encourage, participants to become a "resource pool" for firms (or other organizations) to introduce themselves and recruit new candidates/new hires.

Learn more about becoming a mentor or mentee.