Public Accounting & Corporate Training
Programs for Accounting Graduates

Note by James R. Martin

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Going to work for a public accounting firm is one route to a successful career in both public accounting and corporate accounting. However, there are many other routes to a career in corporate accounting that do not involve going through a CPA firm first. The following list of companies provides some very good examples. All of these companies provide training programs for recent accounting graduates. You can apply to get into most, if not all of these programs whether they interview on your campus or not.

3M - http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/careers/home/WorkingAt3M/Development/

Abbott - http://www.abbott.com/global/url/content/en_US/50.50.20:20/general_content/General_Content_00163.htm

American Express - http://careers.americanexpress.com/students/career_areas.html

AT&T - http://att.jobs/student-program/search

Boeing - http://www.boeing.com/careers/collegecareers/rotational_programs.html

Cigna - http://careers.cigna.com/CIGNAPage.aspx?page=40

Deloitte - http://careers.deloitte.com/united-states/students/studentgrad.aspx

Dow - http://www.dow.com/careers/programs/cdp.htm

Ernst & Young - http://www.ey.com/US/en/Careers/Students

Federal Reserve Bank of New York - http://www.newyorkfed.org/careers/summer_analyst.html

Ford Motor Company - http://corporate.ford.com/careers/career-paths/finance

Gap Inc. - http://www.gapinc.com/content/gapinc/html/careers/collegeapplicants.html

GEICO: Emerging Leaders Program - http://careers.geico.com/college_recruiting/leadership_development

General Electric: Commercial Leadership Program (CLP) - Sales & Marketing - http://www.ge.com/careers/students/clp/index.html

General Electric: Financial Management Program (FMP) - http://www.gecareers.com/GECAREERS/jsp/us/studentOpportunities/leadershipPrograms/bf_program_guide.jsp

General Electric: Information Management Leadership Program (IMLP) - http://www.gecareers.com/GECAREERS/jsp/us/studentOpportunities/leadershipPrograms/it_program_guide.jsp

General Electric: Operations Management Leadership Program (OMLP) - http://www.gecareers.com/GECAREERS/jsp/us/studentOpportunities/leadershipPrograms/op_program_guide.jsp

Genworth Financial: Early Career Leadership Development Program - http://www.genworth.com/content/genworth/www_genworth_com/web/corporate/en/employment/employment_development_program_genworth_financial.htm

Goodyear: Development Programs - http://www.goodyear.com/careers/campus/dev_programs.html

Grant Thornton - http://www.grantthornton.com/portal/site/gtcom/menuitem.484ecb29dfc23197f22c5b10633841ca/?vgnextoid=326bcbbdad9c4010VgnVCM100000368314acRCRD&vgnextfmt=default

Hyatt Management Training Program in Accounting - http://www.hyatt.com/hyatt/careers/training/accounting.jsp;jsessionid=B0DBBC31FE0C9BE67AF77DE94D73414A.atg02-prd-atg2

Intel: Rotation Programs - http://www.intel.com/jobs/usa/students/

Johnson & Johnson: Leadership Development Programs - http://careers.jnj.com/leadership-development-programs

Johnson & Johnson: Company-Specific Leadership Development Programs - http://careers.jnj.com/leadership-development-programs

KPMG - http://www.kpmgcampus.com/index.shtml

Lockheed Martin: Leadership Development Programs - http://www.lockheedmartinjobs.com/college_leadershipdev.asp

LOréal: Management Development Training Programs - http://www.loreal.com/_en/_ww/html/careers/Your-career-at-L-Oreal/Management-trainee-program.aspx

Lucent Technologies: Leadership Development Programs - http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/careers

Macy's East: Training Programs - http://www.macyscollege.com/college/careers/

McGladrey - http://mcgladrey.com/Careers/University-Candidates

Merck: Manufacturing Management Development Program (MMDP) - http://www.merck.com/careers/choices/m-e/opportunities.html

Metropolitan Life Insurance: Development Programs - http://www.metlife.com/Applications/Corporate/WPS/CDA/PageGenerator/0,1674,P7674,00.html

M&T Bank: Management Development Program - https://www.mtb.com/careers/Pages/MDPProgram.aspx

New York Life Insurance Company: Actuarial Training Program - http://www.newyorklife.com/nyl/v/index.jsp?contentId=8828&vgnextoid=0e3ba2b3019d2210a2b3019d221024301cacRCRD

Pratt & Whitney: Financial Leadership Program - http://prattwhitney.hodesiq.com/campus.asp#devpro

PricewaterhouseCoopers PWC - http://www.pwc.com/us/en/careers/pwctv/index.jhtml

Prudential Insurance Company of America: Leadership Development Programs - http://jobs.prudential.com/view/page/jobs

Texas Instruments: Semiconductor Technical Sales & Marketing Program - http://www.ti.com/recruit/docs/tsa.shtml

Travelers Insurance: Actuarial Leadership Development Program - http://https://www.travelers.com/about-us/careers/students-new-graduates/index.aspx