Vol: 1 Issue : 10 October 31, 2010

Members Participate in Personality

Test & Marcum Rachlin Presentation
“We believe in developing you as a professional
and growing together as one family”

Members Take Personality Test Members Went Out & Participated at the
This past Friday (October 29, 2010), Start! Heart Walk & CPE Workshops
members took a personality test. Mem-
bers were divided into four color groups,
red, yellow, orange, and green based on
results from the test. They were then
given some of the positives and negatives
of each group.
Marcum Rachlin also joined us that
night, providing students with informa-
tion about their services and latest SOX laws.
What’s Happening This Week?
- General Meeting & Firm Presentation

How Do I Look? Seminar

Join us during our general meeting this Friday, while we discuss upcoming events and
opportunities. We will also be having the How Do I Look? Seminar which will give
members samples as well as solid facts about the types of clothing to wear for specific
occasions.

Health Night - Panel Discussion

Join us this Friday for a panel discussion at 7:00pm. Health Night will consist of several
accounting and finance professionals from the Healthcare Industry. They will be speaking
about what career paths they have taken as well as how they play a role in the healthcare
industry.
Last Week
- Personality Test
- Marcum Rachlin
- Start! Heart Walk
Personality Quiz
During last Friday’s meeting, members participated in a personality quiz. Members were
told of the several personalities, as well as related with each one.

Understanding the structure of these personalities helps deal not only with those in your
professional life, such as recruiters, employers, and co-workers. But also helps you out with
your personal life, friends and family.

Presentation by Marcum Rachlin

During our last meeting, we had a presentation by the 15th largest firm, Marcum Rachlin.
Dan, tax manager, mentioned the numerous levels one can reach while working at their
firm, as well as their recruiement strategy. Members were also told of several laws placed
by the Sarbanes Oxley Act and how it has affected the company and its employees.

Marcum Rachlin is the Florida operating division of Marcum LLP, one of the largest
independent public accounting and advisory services firms in the nation. Ranked 15th
among the “Top 25 Firms” by Inside Public Accounting, the Firm offers the resources of
more than 1,100 professionals, including more ...than 150 partners, in 21 offices through-
out New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, California, Florida,
Grand Cayman and Hong Kong. In Florida alone, the Firm has more than 200 profes-
sionals, including 30 partners.

For More Information, Please Visit:

Marcum Rachlin: http://marcumrachlin.com/

Start! Heart Walk

Members came out and supported both ALPFA and the Start! Heart Walk programs na-
tionwide by coming out and walking. The walk took place all around FIU, with a total dis-
tance of over three miles. There were numerous participants and sponsors such as KPMG.
Upcoming Events & Recommendations
General Meeting + How Do I Look? Seminar
Friday, October 29, 2010
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: CBC 155 (College of Business Complex at FIU)

Health Night - Panel Discussion

Friday October 29,2010
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: CBC 155 (College of Business Complex at FIU)

More Events:

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Workshop & Information Session
Dates, Times, & Locations
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General Meeting
October 29, 2010

Halloween Social
Thank You to all those that attended

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Sports Day!
• Saturday, November 13th

• Crandon Park

Start! Heart Walk

• Saturday, Oct. 30th
• American Heart Association w/ KPMG
• Walk begins at 9:00a.m
• Costume Contest, Health Screenings, Free
Food

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Health Night - Q&A Panel

• Friday, November 5th
• Panelists from the Healthcare Industry
• 7:00pm CBC 155

Recap for ALPFA

• Sports Day (November 13th)

• Start! Heart Walk (Tomorrow)

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Personality Test

Understand Yourself and Those Around You

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•Tally all of your A’s
•Tally all of your B’s
•Tally all of your C’s
•Tally all of your D’s
 Write

Red,
Yellow,
Green,
and Orange

on the back of your page

•A + C = Red
•B + C = Yellow
•A + D = Orange
•B + D = Green
Basic Needs:
•Control of people and their 
environment
•Sticking with what’s familiar and 
It’s all about the
tried‐and‐true 
•Structure and order bottom line
•Immediate and tangible rewards 
as recognition of a job well 
  done
•Routine and a life that’s 
predictable 
Strengths:
Organizational skills
Take-charge attitude
Responsible, dependable, and reliable
Competitive and strong willed
Hardworking, resource, and self-reliant
Limitations:
Self-serving focus (“it is all about me”)
Need to be always right
Demanding and insensitive It’s all about the
Resistant to change bottom line
Critical and judgmental
Become overwhelmed with too
many problems
Anger easily Room for Improvement:
Developing communication skills (listening)
Increasing emotional sensitivity to other’s
needs
Being receptive to new ideas and open to
new change
Letting go of the need to always be right
Learning to manage anger
Needing to always win
 It’s all about the
bottom line
Blind Spots:
Focus more on the task at hand and their responsibilities than on
the needs of people
Choose not to acknowledge when they are wrong or admit to
inadequacies because of fear of losing control
Tell others what they should do and shouldn’t do and how
should they act
Lack patience with people who don’t produce results or follow
through on commitments
See it as being helpful to point out other people’s inadequacies
Become impatient with tasks and objectives that take long
Create chaos and conflict when they think they’re losing control
Basic needs:
Conflict-free relationships
Appreciation for what they
give and all they do
Other people who rely upon
them
A sense of purpose
Financial security and stability
Freedom to express their
emotions
The opportunity to care for
other people’s emotional
well-being
It’s all about
relationships
Strengths:
Organizational skills
Stability and dependability
Conscientiousness
Sensitivity to others
Listening skills
Planning and execution
Discipline with high personal
standards
Respect for authority
Limitations:
Feelings are easily hurt
Inability to ask for what they
need
High expectations of others’
performances
Unable to deal with sudden
changes
Easily discouraged
Emotionally unpredictable
Easily frustrated for lack of
cooperation
It’s all about
relationships
Room for Improvement:
Learning to manage their
emotions
Asking for what they want and
need and then accepting
help
Achieving a healthy
work/home balance
Learning to say no
Speaking up if they feel they
are being taken advantage of
or mistreated
 It’s all about
relationships
Blind Spots:
Supressing emotions and opinions to avoid conflict
Unwilling to face people issues that need to be addressed
Overly sensitive to others’ feedback
Critical and judgmental when their feelings are hurt
Inability to say no
Controlling and demanding when people don’t do what they
want
Allowing others to take advantage of their good nature
because of their need to help
Basic Needs:
Mental stimulation and
challenges It’s all about
Learning opportunities
Minimal redundancy
productivity
Time to think
Interaction with people
they can trust Strengths:
Intelligence
Problem solving
Self-confidence and self-direction
Leadership
Innovation and inventiveness
Competency and expertise
High standards and integrity
Limitations:
Analysis paralysis
Impersonal, aloof, and reserved
Quick to judge It’s all about
Understated arrogance
Excessive need for autonomy
productivity
Capacity to become indifferent
in hostile circumstances
Unwillingness to be subservient
Unrealistic expectations
Room for improvement:
Actively listen without judgment
Stop pointing out problems
Communicate patiently and effectively
Delegate
Stay present in the moment rather than
focusing on the future
Blind spots: It’s all about
Overlook the need to show productivity
appreciation and provide feedback
Assume people listen and understand
Critical and impatient with those who
make excuses
Terse and insensitive when pushed to
make an impulsive decision
Overwhelmed by too many petty tasks
Difficulty dealing with redundancy
Compliance with traditionalism
Inability to stop solving other people’s
problems
Basic Needs:
Close personal relationships
Minimal time deadlines
Flexibility and spontaneity It’s all about the
Individuality
Personal recognition
team
Change
Downtime to do what they want Strengths:
Social interaction Supportive and attentive
New experiences Creative
Creative expression Adaptable
Sensitive
Lighthearted
Optimistic
Open-minded
Even disposition
Motivators
Investigators
Limitations:
Lack of sustained focus
Poor time management
Not detail oriented It’s all about the
Excessive personalization
Constant need for change
team
Nonconformist
Not willing to stick with what’s
tried-and-true
Room for Improvements:
Flighty and fickle Assertiveness
Ungrounded Time management
Deadline sensitivity
Becoming less self-absorbed
Managing emotional volatility
Organizational skills
Unpredictability
Allowing enough time for personal
activities
 It’s all about the
Blind Spots: team
Too trusting and naïve
Focus more on people’s needs than tasks at
hand
Tend to look to the future and ignore the present
Hold themselves responsible for anything that
goes wrong
Drive themselves at a burnout pace
Assume people will do what they say
Make projections and assumptions without
adequate facts and support
Unable to cope with conflict
Tend to idealize rather than face reality