It's another round
of hear about the McKell’s life from the mouth of Aaron! Caroline asked me to write
about an important change that will be happening in about 7 months from now.
I've been putting this post off for a couple weeks because of random school
assignments and my carnal desire to sit on the couch and do nothing. But that
time has passed!
It's been a couple
months since this happened but at the end of last year we decided to change our
direction and focus on something different. Now before we continue I need to
settle some questions you may have. We are not pregnant. If you skipped down
from the beginning this is no shock, but if not I hope you have learned your
lesson for assuming things.
Now that I have let
down hopes and dreams of quickly becoming grandparents and uncles/aunts
(whether through relation or not) I am going to talk about another part of my
life that I feel is very exciting: accounting!
I thought that after
accepting a job offer I would be "über excited" but sadly I had more
of an "eh" attitude (how ungrateful of me when you really think about
it). I decided to put out some feelers to recruiters to let them know I was
interested in some other areas of the firm, but I felt that the ship had sailed
and I would just need to apply for others departments after I begin full time
employment (which would be more difficult).
Several weeks after
accepting a full time position in audit, my recruiter called me and asked if I
would be interested in applying for a group called "transactional services."
I said yes emphatically, and was flown out for another quick trip to San Jose.
The position is more
of a consulting role in which I will be helping companies with mergers and
acquisitions. The accounting world can become quite complex and I look forward
to providing a valuable and interesting service to hopefully many different
companies in the Silicon Valley.
To be honest, I'm
not sure entirely what I'll be doing but I am excited to learn. I got the job
and will be starting this September as an associate in a group called CMAAS
(Capital Markets & Accounting Advisory Services), which is a part of
Transactional Services.
Through this
experience, I learned the importance of building good relationships with
everyone we meet. I had several people that I barely knew help me get the
position I was interested in. Good thing my curly hair helps me be memorable
:).
You're all the best, thanks for reading!
Aaron
*If you want to see the accounting/job hunt journey unfold: click here for Aaron getting into the MAcc program, here for choosing Aaron's internship, here for Aaron breaking his arm during a recruiting event, here for starting his internship, and here for Aaron's trip to Belize. It's been a long journey but we finally know our future and are more excited than ever!
Although a baby would be an exciting announcement from you guys (they will be so cute!) this is exciting too. congratulations on the job offer aaron.
ReplyDeleteThanks Aimee!
DeleteWay to go Aaron (Elder Mckell!) So proud that you are doing so well and making such a good impression with your curly hair! Well and your awesome talents too! Keep in touch! Sis. J
ReplyDeleteThanks for the congratulations Sis. J!
DeleteExcited for y'all!! I was hoping one day you would finally stop being a slacker Aaron ;)
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