访谈录[Interview]2007-12-05:【求职访谈之一：四大】毕业就去毕马威

KPMG, a top fifty ideal employer and a member of the big four, says it wants to help new employees build both careers and wealth. The firm has recently increased its 401(k) benefit matching 75 cents on every dollar for up to 5% of all employee contributions, a work-life advantage it hopes/ will help attract and retain new employees.

KPMG is the smallest of the big four accounting¹ firms, but like its competitors it serves its Fortune 500 clients with tax, audit² and advisory³ services. Headquartered in the Netherlands, KPMG has roughly 100,000 employees worldwide, 20,000 of those are in the US. And it’s Manny Fernandez's job to get the KPMG name out to schools.

We are one of the top ten employers at business schools nationally. We hire approximately 3，000 students off college campuses every year, so that, that alone gets us a big name recognition to start out with. When you start with one particular office, there's opportunities, in different industries, there's opportunities, um, to go international do assignments, short-term / 3 months to 18 months and later on three-year/ assignments internationally, the opportunities are endless for our folks.

Fernandez says he and his staff like to see a 3.6 GPA (GPA英语全称是grade point average，意思就是平均分)and involvement in extra-curricular activities, because KPMG wants smart and active employees. Like Moira Turner, a financial service associate who started as an intern⁴.

In financial services practice/, we have 4 practices within there, it's real estate, banking⁵, funds, and pensions. So, what they want you to do is idle your first year to go through three-month vocations⁶ in each of those 4 practices. And then at the end you speak with your performance manager or a confidant that you have. And you pick out, prefer, like the practice you think you match well with and then hopefully a manager that you work with there says the same, and then you can specialize in that with your career going forward.

But, it’s KPMG collegial culture that Turner enjoys.

I've lived in New York my entire life, and I moved back here. I knew that I have all my friends and I really thought when I started working it would just be the place I worked. But I came here and I have made so many incredible friends that when it comes the time/ to go out on the weekend I find myself calling people I work/ with not the people I grew up with, which causes some problems with them but it's really wonderful that I made like a hundred friends, you know, when I started, I thinks that's really special.

Roughly 75% of KPMG entry-level jobs are filled by interns⁷; and the best way to get into that pipeline⁸ is through your college's career services office. A KPMG Rep will likely come to your school for a first round interview, then if you make it through that, you may very well fly out to New York for what they call/, an inside look, a series of interviews with managers, partners, and other associates. To find out more about KPMG internship⁹ programs or job opportunities, just follow the links right here on our site. For career TV, I am Diane King.

1 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

2 audit   

v.审计；查帐；核对；旁听

参考例句：

• Each year they audit our accounts and certify them as being true and fair.他们每年对我们进行账务审核，以确保其真实无误。
• As usual,the yearly audit will take place in December.跟往常一样，年度审计将在十二月份进行。

3 advisory   

adj.劝告的，忠告的，顾问的，提供咨询

参考例句：

• I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
• He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。

4 intern   

v.拘禁，软禁；n.实习生

参考例句：

• I worked as an intern in that firm last summer.去年夏天我在那家商行实习。
• The intern bandaged the cut as the nurse looked on.这位实习生在护士的照看下给病人包扎伤口。

5 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

6 vocations   

n.（认为特别适合自己的）职业( vocation的名词复数 )；使命；神召；（认为某种工作或生活方式特别适合自己的）信心

参考例句：

• The term profession originally denoted a limited number of vocations. 专业这个术语起初表示数量有限的职业。 来自辞典例句
• I understood that Love encompassed all vocations, that Love was everything "." 我明白爱含有一切圣召，爱就是一切。 来自互联网

7 interns   

n.住院实习医生( intern的名词复数 )v.拘留，关押( intern的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Our interns also greet our guests when they arrive in our studios. 我们的实习生也会在嘉宾抵达演播室的时候向他们致以问候。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
• The interns work alongside experienced civil engineers and receive training in the different work sectors. 实习生陪同有经验的国内工程师工作，接受不同工作部门的相关培训。 来自超越目标英语 第4册

8 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

9 internship   

n.实习医师，实习医师期

参考例句：

• an internship at a television station 在电视台的实习期
• a summer internship with a small stipend 薪水微薄的暑期实习