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Career Catalyst: Tax

Location: United States
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The journey to career success starts here!

KPMG Career Catalyst Privacy Disclaimer: By participating in this program, you acknowledge and agree that InsideSherpa Inc. (d/b/a Forage), may share the personal information that you provide with KPMG LLP, the U.S. firm of the KPMG global organization of independent professional services firms, providing Audit, Tax, and Advisory service (“KPMG”), pursuant to Forage’s Privacy Notice, and that KPMG may use your personal information for the purpose of providing you with recruitment and related training content pursuant to KPMG’s Privacy Statement.

Welcome to the KPMG U.S. Career Catalyst: Tax Virtual Job Simulation!

This virtual job simulation is designed to make the world of KPMG Tax more accessible than ever before. Through collaboration and innovative technologies, our Tax professionals work closely with clients to better understand their organizational needs and deliver a quality tax experience.

This immersive virtual job simulation allows you to step into the shoes of a KPMG Tax employee while our team of experts helps you grow your knowledge and skills. By simulating the type of work our tax professionals do every day, you can get invaluable, hands-on experience that can help propel your career. And after each module, you’ll have the opportunity to compare your work to real-world examples created by the KPMG team, providing you with a more accurate picture of Tax and the role technology plays in the industry.

We hope this program acts as a helpful guide as you explore the world of KPMG Tax!  

This program is self-paced. It takes approximately 3-4 hours to complete.

Skills Learned:

  • Tax Research and Memorandum
    Conduct initial research and make tax recommendations for a project.

    • Tax Research
    • Technical Writing
    • Critical Thinking
  • Evaluating Data
    Clean up data received from the client.

    • Data Modeling
    • Critical Thinking
    • Excel
    • Data Manipulation
  • State Tax Exposure
    Modeling data on Excel.

    • Critical Thinking
    • Tax Research
    • Excel Modeling
  • Types of Tax & Cross Selling
    Drag and drop the KPMG U.S. services to the box in the matrix that best describes them.

    • Critical Thinking
    • Effective Communication
    • Team Building
    • Tax Knowledge
  • Finish Line

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  • 01 Occupation Description
  • 02 Employment Trends
  • 03 Top Employers
  • 04 Education Levels
  • 05 Annual Earnings
  • 06 Technical Skills
  • 07 Core Competencies
  • 08 Job Titles

Occupation Description

Employment Trends

The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.

Top Employers

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    Education Levels

    The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.

    Annual Earnings

    Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.

    Technical Skills

    A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.

      Core Competencies

      The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.

        Job Titles

        A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.

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          Career Discovery and Success
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          Mary Martin Hall, 101

          Operations Team
          Mary Martin Hall, 3rd Floor

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          Foy Hall, 136
          Auburn, AL 38649

          Career Service Hours

          Day of the week
          Daily Hours Exploration Drop-In Hours
          M Monday 7:45 am - 4:45 pm 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
          T Tuesday 7:45 am - 4:45 pm 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
          W Wednesday 7:45 am - 4:45 pm 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
          TH Thursday 7:45 am - 4:45 pm 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
          F Friday 7:45 am - 4:45 pm 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

          Career Counseling Appointments
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          For help scheduling an appointment, email explore@auburn.edu or call 334-844-7277.

          Campus Career Closet
          Location: 136 Foy Hall
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          Email
          career@auburn.edu
          Address

          Career Discovery and Success
          Exploration Center
          Mary Martin Hall, 101

          Operations Team
          Mary Martin Hall, 3rd Floor

          Campus Career Closet, Career Strategy
          & Employer Relations
          Foy Hall, 136
          Auburn, AL 38649

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