Vacation program profile: KPMG
How do you measure success?
The Vacation Recruitment program is a
At KPMG we’re proud of our open
significant recruitment tool for KPMG and our
and friendly culture and we work t!
strongest measure of success is how many
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permanent job offers we make to vacationers
and how many are accepted. I’m pleased to say
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that more than 90 percent of vacationers accept
job offers from us. Having said that, it isn’t the
only thing we look at.
Finally, our program can incorporate community
experiences. For example, in Melbourne recently
The experience and performance of the
our vacationers spent a day working with a local
vacationers is measured by way of a thorough
charity. It might be just eight weeks but in that
performance review process. In this, we want to
time we are happy that vacationers are getting a
see that the program has helped them attain the
rich experience.
competencies that would help them progress
with KPMG or any other organisation they KPMG stress their ‘open minded’ culture
choose to work for. At KPMG we’re proud of our
but are quite specific about taking only
open and friendly culture and we work hard to
penultimate year students and have a
enable our vacationers to experience this.
narrow range of acceptable degrees. How
How do you ensure vacationers have a rich
do you equate these things?
experience?
We invest an enormous amount of time and
Well, for a start, our program is planned well in
energy in the program and our experience tells
advance and in each business area we have a
us that it is penultimate year students that have
manager and partner responsible for delivering
the right amount of clarity about their career
the Vacation Recruitment program. We structure
plans to benefit from the program.
the program so that vacationers are given a
broad range of experiences with both our clients
As fars as a degree subjets are concerned, the
and our people.
good news is that we now consider all disciplines
for our Vacation Recruitment program. Recent
Each vacationer is also allocated a ‘buddy’ who is
changes to the entry requirements with the
responsible for making sure that the vacationers
relevant professional body means that we are
feel welcome and involved. KPMG provides
looking to recruit people from all disciplines and
opportunities for learning and development
subject majors across our Audit, Tax and
during the vacation program, with all of our
Advisory practices.
vacationers attending a number of training
courses.
Our standards are high, but we’re interested
in the person, not just an academic record.
We recruit across a range of skills, abilities and
Our standards are high, but we’re
backgrounds.
interested in the person, not just
For more information about KPMG’s Vacation Recruitment
an academic record
program visit the careers section at kpmg.com.au
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