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.
Lasting First Impressions
Nick Head - Audit Staff
Your resume will be the first impression you make with future employers and writing a resume that gets interviews is not as hard as one may think.
An article from Yahoo! Hot Jobs titled “How to Write a Resume That Gets Interviews” lays out four simple tips to ensure your resume will be a hit!
- Keep It Simple- Make sure your resume is easy to understand and clearly communicates you possess the knowledge and experience needed for the particular job you are applying for.
- Features versus Benefits - Do not just list your skills and features, show the employer how you can benefit their company. Think about the times you went above and beyond the call of duty!
- Truth in Advertising - If you lie on your resume, more than likely you will be caught! Make sure you have actually done what you write in your resume. Lying on a resume is waste of time for both the employer and yourself.
- It Takes Two - Don’t rely solely on your spelling and grammar checks when proofreading your resume. Find someone you trust to read over your resume before submitting it to any employers.
One more thing to remember when writing your resume - avoid the use of fancy words. Doing this to try to sound intelligent or qualified may just annoy the employer.
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