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.
Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award
Laura Snyder - Director of Marketing
At PKM we pride ourselves on standard-setting service with a personal touch. We have broken away from the industry stereotypes and created a work environment that is based on flexibility, communication, and fun! Having such an enjoyable work environment makes life much more enjoyable for our employees and clients.
On March 9, 2008 our efforts at creating such a unique culture were rewarded when PKM was presented with the American Psychological Association’s 2008 Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award. PKM was one of only five organizations from across North America to receive the award this year. The firm won in the for-profit category for businesses with fewer than 100 employees. PKM is the only Georgia company and the only public accounting firm in the history of the awards to be honored by the APA.
At PKM we promote employee involvement through programs that encourage ideas and innovation to flow in all directions. These programs also facilitate employee solutions to business issues through fun, game-like competitions that develop individual problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills. PKM also promotes work-life balance by recognizing our employee’s productivity rather than hours worked. We strive to maintain and improve tailored solutions, such as flexible scheduling, part-time employment, and work-from-home options.
The American Psychological Association is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and is the world’s largest association of psychologists. The APA works to advance psychology as a science, as a profession and as a means of promoting health, education and human welfare. Their Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards are designed to showcase the very best from among the award winners recognized by APA’s affiliated state, provincial and territorial psychological associations. Nominees for the awards are evaluated on their workplace practices in the areas of employee involvement, health and safety, employee growth and development, work-life balance and employee recognition.
If you are interested in learning more about creating a psychologically healthy workplace or applying for an award for your organization you can visit the PHWA Website at www.phwa.org.
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