Personal Growth at Weaver: A Paradigm Shift in Public Accounting Internship Programs?

I was one of the original interns we started our internship program back in the early two thousands. So I've been here for thirteen years now. A few of the things that I noticed early on when I was interning and starting out in my careers the developmental piece. It's one thing to go to a firm where you're treated as a number, which is a lot of public accounting, but with weaver. There was a lot of focus and people were keyed in on developing our young people. And what that comes is a certain sense of, you know, the ability to grow but also the ability to feel like you're valued within your job. My favorite part about the job is really advocating for the staff just because I had people that were doing that for me. I'm going to help someone grow in their career, and they may not stay at Weaver forever forever. But you know that you've built a knowledge base and you supported them in their career to get them where they wanna be. And so the training and advocating for people is really what makes this such great profession. So when I got to Weaver, there was someone who had a similar career path to what I was looking for. And we worked closely together. And I think right off the bat coming into my career, we were talking about how to grow it. You know weaver is a place that offers a lot of opportunity. They want you to make your career your own whether that's you know, path to manager or path to partner. And, you know, they really give you the support, the training, and the resources to do so. You are given opportunity. You're not held down by politics or numbers or a lack of positions. It's really just a place where if you're hardworking and and you do your job well, you can grow.