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?
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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.
Individuals Make the Culture of the Firm
Phil Moore - Managing Partner
Our firm takes pride in being different from other CPA firms. We look to hire individuals who are not only good technically, but have characteristics that make them interact well with other PKM associates and clients.
In order to fit into the PKM culture, you need to understand that at PKM, practical jokes are commonplace, but the banter goes both ways. Staff members play jokes on partners, and partners play jokes on the employees. From interns and senior managers to administrative assistants and partners, all firm employees are treated equally. And the practical jokes underscore both our firm’s unique culture and the equality of the employees.
One prank that comes to mind was played on a partner after his identity was stolen. At the next firm-wide meeting, we made him a new identity. We morphed his face with someone else’s, gave him a new name, social security card and driver’s license. We even made up some credit cards for him. Although what happened to him was serious, he laughed louder than anyone at the new name and face we created for him.
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