v
acation program profile:
KPMG
KPMG has a well-established Vacation
Recruitment program that can lead to job
offers for many undergraduates. Below,
Jeff Riley, from University of Wollongong
Careers Services, gets the facts about the
program from Adam Buxton, Human
Resource Consultant for Graduate
Recruitment at KPMG.
How do you feel about applicants who
aren’t sure about KPMG or professional
services as a whole?
We expect applicants to have a strong interest in
a career in professional services and with KPMG.
Vacationers can use the program to get more
clarity about which specific area they are
What makes a disastrous vacationer?
considering in the longer term. It is unlikely an
Basically, the opposite of the above. If vacationers
undergraduate who is successful in applying for
fill any gaps in the program with surfing the web
the program would be more interested in working
and phoning friends all the time then it will be
in the public sector for example, but just wanted
noticed. We expect vacationers to pick up on the
to obtain work experience at KPMG.
professional standards that are expected in a
What makes a great vacationer?
workplace like KPMG.
We have a thorough recruitment process that
helps us to recruit the right people for KPMG.
A great vacationer is someone who is open to
learning and willing to get involved. We do have
a very structured program at KPMG but there
Great vacationers also tend to be
are still opportunities for students to shape
that program by volunteering for work and
those who can demonstrate their
community initiatives.
ability to build strong working
Great vacationers also tend to be those who can
relationships with colleagues and
demonstrate their ability to build strong working
clients through their cooperative,
relationships with colleagues and clients through respectful and collaborative
their cooperative, respectful and collaborative
approach.
approach.
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