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Ties that bind: Deloitte, more than a first job
"Ties that bind" is a recurring feature on companies that have built strong ties to Goizueta Business School.
Appearing on the list of 2005 Fortune 500 Best Places
to Work isn’t a stretch for professional services firm Deloitte.
Company representatives, who regularly visit Goizueta, demonstrate the
firm’s commitment to developing a quality culture with quality people.
“We want Emory MBAs to know that Deloitte is more than a first job;
it’s a career path,” says Deloitte principal Bob
Ruprecht ’79MBA. Because of the importance he puts on
making good matches, he leads the campus recruiting initiative. Ruprecht
and alumni such as La Shonda Fulmore Oglesbee
’02MBA, Nithya Narasimhan ’02MBA,
and Joel Arnao ’04MBA, help students
understand what they might expect at a firm that specializes in audit,
tax, consulting, and financial advisory services.
Deloitte personnel stay involved with other campus activities as judges
for the annual marketing strategy competition, guest lecturers, and in
presenting case interview prep through the Consulting Club.
When helping to interview people for the Deloitte Multistate Tax Group,
Brooke Cohen ’01BBA, will always
take a good look at resumes from Goizueta graduates. “The hiring
process is as much about being an overall good fit as it is about education,”
she says, “and I like to think Emory people are well-prepared to
fit in wherever they go.”
Goizueta MBA Career Management Director Carol
Asamoah is impressed by the support and accessibility Deloitte
employees offer students.
Sudipto Banerjee ’05MBA, Catherine
Keller ’05MBA, and John Kim ’05MBA
held internships with Deloitte last summer. They, along with Nigel
Ferguson ’05MBA and Eugene Litvinov
’05MBA, will start careers with Deloitte in May.
In the past, Jay Cochran ’04WEMBA
felt more comfortable with manager-level clients, but his Goizueta education
changed that. “My MBA made me more well-versed and comfortable working
with high-level executives. Now, I have a broader perspective on how what
I do relates to others,” reports the Deloitte senior manager in Audit
& Enterprise Risk Services.
As a senior manager with Deloitte Consulting Healthcare and Life Sciences
Practice, the New York-based Joshua Schiffman
’96BBA-’97MPH, says he puts his Goizueta education
to use on a regular basis. “I knew what it took to be a professional
before I left school, and now my responsibilities include managing teams
of up to twenty-five people in projects that take me all over the world.”
Allie Ammerman ’98BBA, a senior
consultant for Deloitte L.L.P., stays connected to Goizueta by serving
as secretary-treasurer of the Washington, D.C., Association of Emory Alumni.
Valerie C. Dickerson ’93BBA, a
long-distance E-mentor from Costa Mesa, Calif., thinks that Deloitte is
a good fit for Goizueta graduates because they are committed to the same
values. “Deloitte and Emory,” says Dickerson, a manager in Comprehensive
Tax Solutions, “stand for a high standard of ethics and excellence,
networking and relationship building.”
—Francine Kaplan