Ever heard of the term KISS? Well it means "Keep it simple stupid." This is something that my basketball coach used to tell me all the time and something that couldn't be further from the truth. This methodology is exactly why this week's MM is short and sweet.
This past week I entered into the Amazing Race Canada with my long time friend Kevin Shaw. If you haven't checked out our video, please do so at: Sean and Kevin - Amazing Race Audition Tape but what most of you will not be aware of, is how the final product was drastically different than what Kevin and I initially had envisioned.
So – you were a social butterfly at the
networking sessions, and built many meaningful relationships.
Then – you completely rocked your first (and
possibly second) interview, amazing your interviewers with your vast experience
and distinctive responses to their questions.
In the B.C. region, offers went out on
Friday, and because you were such a superstar, you have received offers from
more than one firm. Congratulations! Now
the tough part really begins – how do you choose between all of these great
opportunities?
After a great vacation, this week I travelled to London (Ontario) for training. While sitting in the hotel conference room today, I reflected on my university graduation and how I thought all my “formal” learning was coming to an end. I could not have been more wrong!
Today I will be in meetings all morning as part of our annual performance evaluations in Tax. Even though the meetings will only last a few hours, a lot of work has gone into putting together all of the information to be discussed. We all get feedback from the people we work with on our jobs throughout the year, and discuss the feedback with our “coach”, who in turn presents the information in the performance evaluation meetings.
This was a very fun and very busy week in the Waterloo office. There were recruiting events at the two local universities, a dinner for recipients of a firm-wide achievement award, and the completion of the 2011 UFE for five writers, and of course, the subsequent social committee event to celebrate the end of the UFE...And yes somewhere amongst all that we completed client work! In fact as an aside, I had a great learning opportunity this week because my largest client acquired a company in France so I was involved in the audit of the acquisition.
This is the time of year at the firm where everyone gets the chance to sit back and really think about what they’ve achieved so far during their time with the firm and about what they want to achieve professionally over the course of the coming year. Professional development and coaching are a significant part of everyone’s role at PwC and as a means of facilitating these and keeping them a priority on everyone’s plate, we set goals on an annual basis and reflect on our progress of achieving these goals on a regular basis. Now is the time of year that we set goals and since this is what I was doing directly before I starting composing this blog, I figured it be another great topic of discussion.
After helping out at a recruiting session two years ago as a summer student, I really found that I was passionate and interested in this area, and knew that I wanted to get involved. Personally, I believe that one of the best parts of my job is being able to connect with students like you, and help to attract some of the brightest students to PwC. Since it was not too long ago that I was in your position, it makes perfect sense for me to talk about one of the four behaviours within the PwC Experience - putting ourselves in each others' shoes.
I found myself on my old stomping grounds this week (London, ON) as a member of the Consulting & Deals representative team at the BMOS and Ivey info sessions. As much as it made me feel old (since not too long ago at all, I was one of the eager, bright-eyed students at the very same event), I really enjoyed the chance to address students’ questions about PwC and about the CA Training Office Program. This week, I’d like to share some of my thoughts on the most common questions students were asking me at the event.
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