Know - It - All

I haven't even been at this company for a full year yet, and I am suddenly the go-to girl. Even my manager has no clue how to get a hold of some of the information I find or complete the analyses I do. I wonder what will happen when I make the official announcement that I'm leaving for b-school. My manager is a little ansy that I'll be out of the office just for one week because of my surgery. After a two year stint at what one could call the "most perfectly run company", life in this chaotic office, where no one knows what their job really is and no one can take ownership over any one area (for fear that all responsibility will be transferred to them), initially felt like I had been thrown to the sharks. I think I’m getting the hang of it now. And, what's more, I'm actually able to mentor others on crazy CPA concepts like how a balance sheet is a flash in time, and why I want my account heirarchy to have a particular structure. It feels good to know what I'm doing. I only wish I enjoyed it more!

I'm in the process of arranging informative interviews at target companies where I'm interested in obtaining internships or full time offers, but who don't actively recruit at Michigan (or Harvard or Wharton, for that matter). Lonely Planet obviously comes to mind… I would LOVE to work with them, with business development, PR/Marketing, and Sales. I guess if they want to utilize my financial skills, I may give in. But what fun it would be to work for a company with main offices in Oakland, Sydney, and London.

The Admissions office at Michigan contacted an alunmi that happens to work here at my present company. She reached out to me, which was incredibly nice of her. Now I can ask her all the nitty-gritty questions about life in Ann-Arbor that I'm dying to know.