I recently had the opportunity to address a graduate internal audit class at my alma mater – Georgia State University (GSU). My message that night was a very simple one: “As you make important decisions about the path you will follow in your career, you need to write your own story.”
Today, many accounting students obsess over the need to land internships with public accounting firms, so that they will have a clear path to joining such a firm once they receive their accounting degree. They believe that this path, which will enable them toward becoming certified public accountants (CPAs), is their only real option.…