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Company Spotlight: Deloitte


Professional, yet flexible. A quality brand that works for the community. And may I also add fun to the list?

Welcome to Deloitte, where the excellence in client service, people, the community, and fun are some priorities that complement the brand name. The only professional services firm to be ranked by Business Week in the top three "Best Places to Launch a Career" for three years running, one of the top 10 firms on FORTUNE's list of the "100 Most Desirable MBA Employers for 2008", and the largest of the Big 4 accounting firms in Wisconsin, there are many reasons that make Deloitte a wonderful place to work.

A Hybrid Career
I interned at Deloitte while going to school and I started full time with the firm after graduating from MU's College of Business in December 2007 with a double major in Accounting & Information Technology. Given the quality of professional exposure that Marquette's College of Business provides to the students, by the time I was a junior I was able to short list the firms I wanted to work for. Until recently, the typical career paths for accounting students were to go the Financial Audit or Tax route, and IT students typically steered towards Consulting firms and/or Analyst positions. Deloitte appealed to me as it allowed me to use both my Accounting and IT backgrounds. I work with Deloitte's Audit & Enterprise Risk Services (AERS) practice which performs Financial Audit, IT Audit, Risk Management and Consulting Services. While primarily working on IT Audit and Risk Management projects where I can use and develop my IT skills, I am able to rotate into Financial Audit for a part of the year where I can also work on developing my accounting background.

Counseling, Mentoring and Training
To add to the opportunity of a hybrid career and the ability to work on a variety of different engagements, Deloitte's training and counseling programs assist personnel in setting customized career paths and meeting their goals with the assistance of management. Staff and seniors are matched with counselors in management who serve as our sounding board for management requests. They work with us to learn what we really want to do with our career, what industries we want to work in, what technical specializations we might want in the future, and help us set the goals that are important to us. They also help us shortlist the trainings and experiences that will help us in achieving our goals, and then work with management to assist us in following the plan. The firm also provides support with obtaining professional certifications such as CPA, CISA, CIA, and CFE.

And us - the Gen Y!
We, the Gen Y'ers, are bringing about the revolution in the workforce through our evolving expectations, entrepreneurial attitude, and desire for change, and Deloitte gives us a voice through its Midwest Gen Y Advisory Council and Mass Career Customization. The Gen Y Advisory Council members are a group of staff and seniors who serve as liaisons between the firm's leadership and the firm's Gen Y to initiate discussions about generational differences, and to devise and implement programs created by us, for us, with the assistance of firm leadership. Currently, the Council is working on developing programs that will assist Gen Y with Building Eminence, Communications, Onboarding, and Recruiting. Mass Career Customization, on the other hand, is a key element of Deloitte's Talent Agenda that works on aligning the workplace with today's nontraditional workforce through informal flexibility, flexible work arrangements, and dialed up and dialed down periods to assist with work life balance.

And did I mention D Street? Deloitte's very own social networking website!

We want to hear from you!
With exams right around the corner, I wish everyone the very best of luck for a successful completion of the semester. We here at Deloitte are very excited to hear from you and learn about you! You can reach me at simgrewal@deloitte.com if you would like to learn more about Deloitte. I look forward to seeing you on campus!

~ Simar Grewal, Audit & Enterprise Risk Services Consultant, Class '08



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