Yesterday I posted about an article in BusinessWeek featuring an inter­esting interview with the head of campus recruiting for KPMG. I talked about their inter­na­tional exchange program. Today I’m going to talk about clients. From the article: We also tell them if you’re in audit, we go out to the client. So they’re going to […]

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I’ve been using Google Analytics for a little while now to track my blog’s vital statistics, and it’s a pretty well-rounded package, not that I have anything to compare it to. But to sign up for it, you had to submit your appli­cation and then wait for them to let you in, presumably because they were […]

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One of the great things about this accounting profession I’m in is the multitude of oppor­tu­nities available to travel and work abroad, given that many large firms here in Canada are inter­na­tional. I was just reading an article in BusinessWeek about KPMG, where the head of campus recruiting was under the impression that their international […]

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A little while back I realized that it might be worth­while to direct all my blog-related email through an @neilmcintyre.ca address, and leave my regular Gmail for personal corre­spon­dence. I set up neil@neilmcintyre.ca and began using it for blog business. But I’ve never liked using stand­alone email clients like Thunderbird or Outlook. I prefer web-based […]

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Not mine, but that of historian John Steele Gordon (via Tax Foundation): In the 18^th century, real property was probably the best measure available of a person’s ability to pay taxes. That’s because it generated income from farming or things like water mills, ship yards and stores. Only the very rich had residences on town lots. […]

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