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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.
"Big Bad Banks"
Ryan Barrow- Audit Associate
Have you ever caught yourself trying to figure out what exactly happened to our financial markets over the last 18 months or so? Ever wondered what, or who, got us into the place that we are in economically? Have you heard politicians or economists attempt to explain what happened which leaves you even more confused than before? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then let me introduce you to “Big Bad Banks” by one of our client’s CEOs.
“Big Bad Banks” by MidSouth’s Rusty Cloutier is a refreshing insight into the economic fiasco that has characterized the last couple of years. Rusty offers a front row seat from his perspective into what exactly caused the worst recession since the Great Depression and what we can do to avoid it in the future. In his cleverly delivered words, Rusty takes you back to his roots of community banking and explains how far the industry has wandered from those roots to get us into the current crisis. Leaving no stone unturned, Rusty explains how prominent politicians and big bankers (yes…by name), single-handedly wrecked what has taken such a long time to repair after events such as the Great Depression and the Savings and Loans crisis of the ’80s.
If you are looking for honest and straightforward answers that do not require a Ph.D. in Economics to understand, then pick up a copy of “Big Bad Banks.” At approximately 120 pages, it is a quick and easy read that is difficult to put down. But, don’t just take my word for it!
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