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.
PKM Perspective Summer Leadership Program
Tim Keadle - Partner
Question: Why does PKM host the “PKM Perspective” summer leadership program? Answer: To Give Juniors a “PKM Perspective”
The caliber of students we meet at colleges and universities is phenomenal. And, with more and more students making employment decisions earlier in their college careers, it is becoming increasingly difficult to educate potential hires on the benefits of working with local and regional firms. At PKM, we have a limited number of internship opportunities available and most of these slots go to seniors between their senior and gradute school year. Through the PKM Perspective program, we can give these younger accounting students a better and deeper perspective of our firm and the field of public accounting and better gauge their interest in working with our firm.
PKM Perspective is designed for students that have just completed their junior years of college to give them a forum to see our firm in enough depth that they can make informed decisions when the time comes to choose an employer or internship opportunity. PKM Perspective offers sessions on the firm history, our clients and the disciplines in which we work. During the three-day event, students interact with interns and meet more PKM staff and partners than they do during typical campus and office visits. PKM Perspective also makes time for social functions such as tours and dinners, which are a big part of the PKM culture.
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