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 toContinue reading “Clients are the best part of my job”
Monthly Archives: August 2006
Google Analytics is open to all
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 theyContinue reading “Google Analytics is open to all”
Go west! Or east, or north, or south!
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 internationalContinue reading “Go west! Or east, or north, or south!”
Hosting my neilmcintyre.ca email with Google
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-basedContinue reading “Hosting my neilmcintyre.ca email with Google”
Abolish the property tax rant
Not mine, but that of historian John Steele Gordon (via Tax Foundation): In the 18th 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 townContinue reading “Abolish the property tax rant”