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 exchange program was something that sets them apart from about a dozen other inter­na­tional firms.

I’m psyched about heading somewhere else to work for a little while eventually. For the time being I’ll be staying put, after all I don’t have my CA yet.

One of my seminar leaders at the School of Accoun­tancy went to London for a year or so and had a blast. It was funny though, because he was Canadian for some reason they felt he was a perfect fit for their US GAAP clients, even though there are a ton of differ­ences between Canadian GAAP and American standards.

In no particular order, here are where I’m most inter­ested in going, when I get a chance:

• Shanghai
• London
• New York
• Berlin
• Tokyo

In what other job you can get right out of university do you get this type of opportunity?