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Spotlight Member Spring 2007: iExpress Co-Chairs

By Jason Woon, 2/1/07

iExpress Co-Chairs: (bottom L-R) Lisa Kwok, Shu Ming Hu; (top L-R) Jocelyn Dunn, Jason Koh, Heidi See

iExpress Co-Chair	Class	Concentration	Graduation Date	Current Career Interest
Jocelyn Dunn	Junior	Accounting	June 2008	Audit
Shu Ming Hu	Senior	Accounting & Information Systems	June 2007	Private Industry (Weyerhaeuser)
Jason Koh	Senior	Accounting & Information Systems	March 2008	Audit
Lisa Kwok	Senior	Accounting & Finance	June 2007	Private Industry (Intel)
Heidi See	Senior	Accounting	June 2007	Undecided (currently tax intern at Safeco)

Over 60 students, or nearly one-third of BAP’s members, attended iExpress’s widely popular and equally informative Interview and Resume workshops on January 10th and 17th. Roughly 50 people attended each event, which featured a mix of juniors and seniors.

The interview workshop showcased Andy Baker (Deloitte), Michael Leichner (MPAcc Tax) and Patrick Chidsey (Career Center) in a demonstration of good vs. bad interviews. “The live examples of a good interview demonstrated side by side with a bad interview were highly effective and entertaining.  It was a very memorable sight,” Vikki Kwan, VP of Administration, reflected. Co-chair Jason Koh learned you should ask questions after an interview. He learned the hard way last year when he interviewed with a small CPA firm.

Several attendees of the interview workshop had the opportunity to participate in mock interview sessions where they were video recorded and could later see themselves on tape. Business School advisor Patrick Chidsey conducted the interviews from 9AM to 3PM and was “very instrumental” in the success of the workshops, according to the iExpress co-chairs.

The resume workshop contained a resume consultation, “dress for success” presentation, Q&A from current MPAcc students, and tips on body language and business etiquette.

iExpress evolved from AZN Fusion, a nationally-awarded Best Practices event created last year by current BAP officers Lois King, Anna Cho, and Natalie Noborikawa. AZN Fusion was designed to increase chapter membership and professional success among students from Asian backgrounds, a minority in the accounting profession. This year the program changed its name and now provides tools for better communication for all members. iExpress also incorporates Ernst and Young’s Diversity Competition, a national BAP competition where chapters must define and incorporate what diversity means to the chapter. The stakes are high: national bragging rights and a $1,000 top prize.

Leading iExpress are co-chairs Jocelyn Dunn, Shu Ming Hu, Jason Koh, Lisa Kwok, and Heidi See. The team started planning under the close supervision of BAP advisor Deborah Medlar in October and spent over 60 hours writing a national proposal/report, emailing various professionals, and burning scores of CD’s for taped student mock interviews.

During Spring Quarter the iExpress team is planning another presentation or workshop, the details to be determined later. As a requirement for the E&Y Diversity Competition, they are also required to submit a final summary report on June 1st. Co-chair Heidi See comments:

We are planning to put more hours in the EY Diversity [Competition] than in the last three events because it is a big project which requires a lot of time commitment, such as planning and organizing an event, and writing a comprehensive report. Also we are planning to get more members involved in the next event, so we need to plan for it carefully to make sure everything will go smoothly.

The iExpress co-chairs would like to thank Deborah Medlar for her dedication to the workshops.

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