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.
From Working Woman to Mom and Back Again!
Dawn Davis- Audit Consultant
I worked for PKM after graduating from college for approximately 4.5 years and loved every minute of it. My husband’s company then decided to transfer him away from Atlanta, but I continued to service my clients. Shortly after our move, I became pregnant with our first child and became a “Stay-at-Home Mom.”
Of course, I stayed in touch with PKM during those six years and was able to keep my CPA license active. I also wondered on more than one occasion what it would be like to be employed there once again! After my youngest entered Pre-K, I felt I was ready to rejoin the workforce. Naturally, the first place I thought about was PKM. I set up a lunch appointment with one of the partners and we discussed the possibility of potentially beginning to work again on a part-time basis. I am very thankful that PKM and I have remained connected over the years. I am also thankful that they were willing to take a chance and let a Stay-at-Home mom rejoin the workforce after so many years. The most shocking part of my first day back was all the familiar faces…faces that were employed at PKM when I had left there 6 years before!
The one thing that I have learned through this entire experience is that you never know what life may throw your way. Many women in the field of Accounting begin their career as Ms. Corporate America and then elect to exit the workforce and later are confronted out of necessity or otherwise with the dilemma of re-entering the workforce. My advice would be to keep up your CPA license, try to stay current regarding what is going on in the accounting industry, and lastly search diligently for a company like PKM who will partner with you through every season of life.
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