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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?”
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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.
Have a Little "Humbition"
Jake Nadlicki - Audit Associate
We all know that employers are looking for great employees that will further the success of their companies, but that doesn’t mean they are looking for the “me first” and “star” mentality. In a February article from BusinessWeek, William C. Taylor focuses on the young and fresh talent that is looking to enter the workforce and gives them a little advice.
Taylor states, “The point of this exercise is not to land the fattest signing bonus or sign up with the ‘cool’ company of the moment. The point of this exercise is to do work you care about in a company that matters… achieving that goal means dialing down your short-term ambitions and recognizing the power of ‘humbition.’”
Now what exactly is this “humbition” he is speaking of? Jane Harper, a nearly 30-year veteran of IBM, explains it as: the subtle blend of humility and ambition that drives the most successful leaders—an antidote to the know-it-all hubris that affects so many business stars.
The article goes on to state, “I always urge new people not to worry about ‘getting credit or taking credit’ for great work. If they’re making bold moves, and developing good relationships, they will get more opportunities to grow and succeed. Don’t waste energy on worrying about whether everything you do gets noticed. It does.”
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