CPABC Career Week (May 2022)

Date: May 11-13, 2022
Location: Hosted virtually on Hopin and in-person at the Vancouver Convention Centre

CPABC Career Week is an all-in-one event featuring career workshops, panel discussions, and numerous networking opportunities with hiring managers, HR professionals, and recruitment experts, including career fairs, speed interviews, and more!

From May 11-13, 2022, over 400 participants and 36 exhibitors registered to take part in CPABC’s first hybrid Career Week to network and engage with their peers on important career topics through career workshops, employer information sessions, and an in-person career fair! Following the networking, the career conversations continued through one-on-one private speed interviews and career advising appointments.

Event Program

Career Expo

Hosted in-person at the Vancouver Convention Centre on May 13, jobseekers met with 19 exhibitors to expand their network and explore exciting career opportunities in business, accounting, and finance. Organizations from industry, government, and public practice shared their diverse workplaces and opportunities to CPA professionals.

Career Workshops

Designed to help jobseekers thrive in their professional endeavors, participants tuned into four career workshops ahead of the in-person career fair and hybrid speed interviews. These workshops were recorded so that participants could watch the sessions they couldn't catch live:

Information Sessions

Hosted virtually on Hopin, 13 organizations showcased their unique workplace culture and diverse career opportunities in accounting and/or finance, including:

  • British Columbia Securities Commission - Using Financial Skills to Fight Fraud
  • D&H Group LLP Information Session
  • Fraser Health Authority - Accounting and Finance Careers
  • Get to Know BDO
  • Get to Know Crowe Information Session
  • Horizon CPA Information Session
  • It Starts Here. MNP Information Session
  • Life at Smythe
  • Metrics CPA Information Session
  • Q&A Information Session with Clearline CPA
  • The Canada Revenue Agency – We’re more than just taxes.
  • Thrive Health Information Session
  • Trez Capital - Finance and Accounting Careers at One of Canada’s Largest Non-Bank Commercial Mortgage Lenders

Speed Interviews & Career Advising

A quick and effective way to meet hiring managers and recruitment professionals one-on-one, over 300 virtual speed interviews and advising appointments were scheduled on CPABC’s virtual event platform, while these conversations continued on in-person at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

Thank you to everyone who participated at our hybrid event in May!

If you missed the live event, watch the recorded workshops to prepare for our upcoming career events and visit www.bccpa.ca/news-events/upcoming-events to stay up to date with us!

Questions? Email us at careers@bccpa.ca.