While many students will spend tomorrow night watching their favorite TV shows, hanging out with friends, or out celebrating 'hump day,' members of the Penn State Accounting Society will be handing over resumes and signing up for jobs.

"Our specific goal is to introduce potential career paths to members," said Scott Weiland (senior-accounting), president of the club. "We do a lot of networking with recruiters to try to find our members real jobs."

Tomorrow night, representatives from Johnson & Johnson, a global American pharmaceutical manufacturer, will speak to members of the society at 7:30 in the Business Building about careers in corporate finance.

"We have people come in to talk about careers outside of public accounting," Weiland said.

The student group, which holds eight to 10 events each semester, invites firms to present information about their companies and introduce specific jobs to interested students.

"They typically talk on a specific topic like building resumes, interviewing skills and how to advance in different careers in business," he said.

Weiland, who is responsible for planning the events, decides which firms will attend and finding new ways to advertise to these firms.

"We usually have someone come in who's relatively young," he said. "We want the speakers to relate and talk about their real-life experiences."

The group focuses primarily on networking, Weiland said, because it is important to form bonds between employers and students.

"At these events, you get to actually meet these recruiters," he said. "You get a firsthand look at what life would be like in those professions. You really get to see who you'd be working with."

Aside from the events -- which, Weiland added, often result in students receiving internships, co-ops and full-time positions -- the group also discusses current events in the economy and how these events can often shape large businesses.

"With the stock market dropping, a lot of jobs are affected," he said. "The current state of the economy will likely come up," he said of tomorrow night's presentation, "because it affects everyone currently. One thing we always stress to our members is that accounting jobs are generally safe, even with a bad economy."

The group, which is made up primarily of accounting and finance majors, is open to students of all majors.

"We welcome all students because business-related jobs are popular among everyone," he said. "One of the good things is that it's solely for the students' benefit to explore business jobs."