Internship

As a student in the Master's of Accounting program, it is not required for me to have an internship while going to graduate school. During this school year, I am working as TA for Accounting 305 (Introductory Financial Accounting). However, during the summer I interned at a large accounting firm, Dixon Hughes Goodman, in Rockville, Maryland. The internship started off with a training period for a couple of days in Charlotte, North Carolina where the company is headquartered. Here, I got to meet all the interns from the offices in all the different states. Back in the office, all Monday's were dedicated to working on a large research project for one of the services that DHG practiced in (mine was for Generational Wealth Planning). Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday the interns worked on tax, audit, or accounting services tasks that were assigned to us. Every Friday we had trainings on different industries about what goes on with them. I really liked this setup because it allowed for me to work with many employees and managers and also gave me more insight to what field I may enjoy more. Going in to the internship, I thought I would like auditing more than tax and being able to work with both reassured this for me. The best part about the internship though was working with the other interns and many different employees. Everyone was so helpful and friendly and I really enjoyed the whole internship. I am looking forward to starting my accounting career with DHG next October.