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College Recruiting

When candidates come into Clark Nuber’s offices for an interview, they can tell right away that this is not your typical large accounting firm. Everyone in the office seems to know each other by name. People are working hard, but even at busy times, you see smiles and hear laughter. Instead of being on separate floors, the audit and tax teams are all mixed up together, and they actually talk to each other. Brand-new employees are working with senior partners. And at five o’clock, you see a lot of empty desks. What gives?

Well, we’re a little different. For us, accounting is more than an academic discipline. It’s a passion, and it’s a tool for helping our customers achieve their personal and business goals. Collaboration and friendship among our employees not only makes it easy to work here, it makes our services better.

We’re not the largest firm in the country, but we think our size works to our advantage—big enough to get the really interesting jobs and provide competitive compensation, yet small enough that we can (and do) provide personal service to each and every one of our clients, from venerable family businesses to high-tech startups to major regional not-for-profits. At Clark Nuber, you’ll find yourself working on an astonishing variety of projects and seeing many of them through from start to finish.

And when the work is done, we go home—or we go hiking, or to a baseball game, or just hang out at happy hour together. Why bother to live in a place as beautiful as the Pacific Northwest if you’re going to spend dawn to dusk at a desk? Here, you don’t get promoted just because you put in more hours than the next person. You get ahead by being creative, providing top-quality service to clients and by working hard…and by the way, dedicated people tend to move up pretty fast here. If you’re not careful, you might just stay a public accountant your whole life. Why not, when it’s this much fun?

Clark Nuber Applications

Clark Nuber recruits accounting students at eight major universities in Washington State and one in Montana State. Check with your university's Career Center to see if we will be visiting your school in the Fall. To be eligible you must have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA and be an accounting major. To apply, submit the following application materials:

  1. Cover Letter
  2. Resume
  3. List of References (3-5)
  4. Transcripts (unofficial copy okay)
  5. One page response to the following essay question in business memo format:

    "If you could be on the cover of any magazine, what magazine would it be and what would be the headline associated with the article?"

Clark Nuber Scholarship Program

Clark Nuber congratulates the following students on their receipt of a $1,000 scholarship for their Fall 2009 tuition:

  • Tenly Bretting - Gonzaga University
  • Veronica Cook - Seattle Pacific University
  • Agatha Dodek - Seattle University
  • Thomas Orr - Central Washington University
  • Amy Rufener - University of Washington
  • Sierra Shults - Washington State University

Revisit our website next January for details on 2010 scholarships.

Please feel free to contact Lizzie Rahm, HR Generalist, at 425.635.7430 or lrahm@clarknuber.com if you have any questions about college recruiting or scholarships.

Internships

We encourage interested students to apply for an internship. These vary in length and nature depending on time of year, the applicant’s areas of interest and the firm’s needs at the time. Interns receive the same training as new hires and work on a variety of exciting projects.