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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.
Tips for Accounting Graduates from Seasoned Professionals
Emily Sanders - Audit Staff
In a recent survey by Rick Telberg, editor of CPA Tredlines, respondents were asked to give tips to recent college graduates on how to succeed in accounting. The survey resulted in a variety of answers, but with 60 percent of it coming from professionals in the field for 10 to 30 years, they have credibility.
Here are the top four most popular tips:
- When asked what the most important ingredients to a successful career are, communication and inter-personal skills were chosen by 86 percent of respondents.
- Coming in a close second, was integrity and good character, which was stated by 79 percent of respondents.
- Constant, lifelong learning, came in third with 71 percent of respondents. More than often students are taught to know, not to keep learning, but with any career continuous learning is crucial.
- Coming in fourth, as indicated by 69 percent of respondents, is up-to-date technical knowledge and skills. But, with ever-changing technology, continuous learning plays a roll in this aspect of your career as well.
In the end Rick adds, “College has helped you scratch the surface of a deep and complex profession, and much of what you need to know, your professors never got around to telling you.”
To see other quotes from respondents, view the article here.
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