Off the Ledger
Your days as a college student are almost numbered. The working world is calling. As you get ready to embark on your career, you have to be thinking, “What am I going to do when I graduate?” “Is a job in public accounting right for me?”
Where do you want to go?
You have so many options. Big firm or small? How do you decide? Where can you go to get the real, honest look at a career in public accounting? What is it REALLY like to be an intern? What will my life be like as a staff accountant?
See your future...
At Porter Keadle Moore, LLP (PKM) we’re here to help. We’ve created this blog site just for you! To help you find answers to these and other questions about working in a public accounting firm. Real interns and brand new staff accountants chronicle their experiences with our firm. Read what they have to say. Ask questions, share your opinions and we’ll respond.
The Power of Innovation
Greg Foster - Partner
At PKM, we believe that ideas and innovation should flow in all directions, not just from the top down. To encourage this thought, the firm developed a unique problem-solving program called INNOFIX - short for Innovation Fixation. This program recently earned PKM a Practice Innovation Award from Practical Accountant , one of only 30 firms throughout the nation recognized for its achievements.
INNOFIX allows the firm to unleash the problem-solving ability of its employees by giving all employees a chance to make a difference. Through periodic competitions, INNOFIX helps to identify “problems” within the firm and define “solutions” for improvement. INNOFIX affects all aspects of the firm (i.e., recruiting, retention, compensation, culture, services, scheduling, work/life balance, marketing, client relations, education, quality control, technology).
We believe that all employees have the power to innovate, to change the client experience, to give the firm a competitive advantage, to make the firm more productive and profitable, to reenergize the firm and set examples for the industry.
To that end, we also believe that you have the power to help us innovate. We want this blog to be helpful to you. So, please let us know what we can do to make it better.
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