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Deloitte HBCU Emerging Leaders Program
April 8, 2024
HBCU students from around the country are gearing up to attend Deloitte's Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) on April 19-21 at Deloitte University. The program is designed to help students gain first-hand exposure to the professional services industry and have a chance to be awarded a $10,000 scholarship. We spoke to some of our scholarship winners from last year who shared what they learned from the program and why students should apply....continue reading
HBCU Week 2023
August 21, 2023
Whether you are just starting a career or you are looking to take your career to the next level, Deloitte has many opportunities to help you accelerate your career and make an impact. Learn about the journeys of some of our Deloitte professionals who attended HBCUs....continue reading
Internship insights: Meet Yesmene Chikha
August 16, 2023
Yesmene Chikha is a former Data & Analytics intern for Deloitte Services LP. She shares what she enjoyed most about her internship and what’s next for her on her educational and professional journey....continue reading
Launching your career in Deloitte’s US Delivery Center
July 19, 2023
Jake Bongiorno, a tax delivery consultant with Deloitte Tax LLP, and Avi Basha, an advisory solution senior consultant with Deloitte & Touche LLP, both joined Deloitte’s US Delivery Center soon after completing their undergraduate degrees. What they’ve found is growth, community, and fulfilling work early in their careers....continue reading
A close-knit team
June 7, 2023
As an intern with Deloitte & Touche LLP, Yesenia Rodriguez applied to a global internship to expand her experience during the summer. She was selected for the internship and traveled to Hyderabad, India for a month where she discovered her interest in cyber risk....continue reading
The HBCU experience and journey to Deloitte
February 22, 2023
Clarencia Taylor joined Deloitte in 2015 and is an Audit & Assurance manager, Deloitte & Touche LLP. She is also a proud alumnus of Prairie View A&M University. Below, she shares more about her journey to Deloitte....continue reading
For Kristina Kong, it has always been Deloitte
February 1, 2023
Kristina Kong is a tax senior, Deloitte Tax LLP, in the Mergers & Acquisitions Transactions Services (MATS) group, which services both Private Equity Investors (PEI) and strategic clients. She works on tax due diligence, structuring, and modeling for Deloitte’s clients....continue reading
Meet our people: tech talent
November 3, 2022
We recently chatted with two of our tech professionals, Melany Rumman, product strategy analyst, Deloitte Tax LLP, and Devashish Agarwal, Advisory senior consultant, Deloitte & Touche LLP, to learn how they became interested in STEM, and how their passion for technology led them to Deloitte....continue reading
Paving a way forward
October 27, 2022
For Charlie Gentzkow, a Risk & Financial Advisory analyst at Deloitte & Touche LLP, life has never been simple. “I was born with a rare retina disease called Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA). It caused severe vision loss which left me blind from birth. And while there is no cure, I’ve never let it get me down. I just think, ‘Well, it is what it is. I can’t change it so why dwell on it?’”...continue reading
Your first client engagement: Meghan Linehan
November 4, 2019
Deloitte professionals are constantly challenged by new projects and clients, allowing them to learn and grow professionally. The scope and depth of the work are varied and sometimes complex. But when asked, Deloitte professionals always remember their very first client engagement....continue reading
Your first client engagement: Evan Harmony
September 19, 2019
Deloitte professionals are constantly challenged by new projects and clients, allowing them to learn and grow professionally. The scope and depth of the work are varied and sometimes complex. But when asked, Deloitte professionals always remember their very first client engagement....continue reading
From Olympic Trials to tax professional
August 15, 2019
After 16 years of swimming competitively and graduating with a bachelors and master’s degree in accounting, Justin White found his way to Deloitte. Now a tax consultant with Deloitte Tax LLP specializing in partnership taxation, Justin reflects on his journey to the US Olympic Trials to his career here at Deloitte....continue reading
Your first client engagement: Courtney Newcombe
August 8, 2019
Deloitte professionals are constantly challenged by new projects and clients, allowing them to learn and grow professionally. The scope and depth of the work are varied and sometimes complex. But when asked, Deloitte professionals always remember their very first client engagement....continue reading
International Internship Program: Jonah Atchison
July 11, 2019
Deloitte is excited to welcome our 2019 class of summer interns, a diverse group ready to make their mark. Our 2019 International Internship Program participants are currently working side by side with Deloitte professionals, learning about the world of work and gaining experience through meaningful contributions to real projects....continue reading
Your first client engagement: Manan Shah
June 27, 2019
Deloitte professionals are constantly challenged by new projects and clients, allowing them to learn and grow professionally. The scope and depth of the work are varied and sometimes complex. But when asked, Deloitte professionals always remember their very first client engagement....continue reading
2019 Youth Business Summit
June 6, 2019
This spring Deloitte’s early ID recruiting team headed to New York City for the annual Youth Business Summit (YBS) hosted by Virtual Enterprises International (VE), an educational nonprofit that seeks to transform students into business professionals by bringing the workplace into the classroom....continue reading
Deloitte Consulting Inclusion Program 2019
April 18, 2019
Under the theme, The Greatest Time to Matter, the Deloitte Consulting Inclusion Program (DCIP) officially kicked off its three-day conference on January 4 at Deloitte University in Westlake, Texas. This year 48 underrepresented minority MBA students from across the country attended the conference and walked away with valuable insights into the world of consulting at Deloitte....continue reading
Alternative Spring Break
March 4, 2019
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, Diane Borhani, then-National Talent Director for Deloitte Services LP, arrived in Biloxi, Mississippi with a group of professionals and college students to provide aid through the newly-formed Alternative Spring Break program....continue reading
Pioneer intern series: Edmond Lee
February 25, 2019
Edmond Lee is preparing to start his professional career at Deloitte this summer, but he is no stranger to Deloitte. During his time in college, Edmond has gotten to know the Deloitte team in Virginia and New York through several internships with the organization, starting in his freshman year as one of Deloitte’s first Pioneer Interns. Learn how his experiences as an intern have shaped his career path....continue reading
Your Future: Explored
February 7, 2019
In looking for new and exciting ways to incorporate technology and connect with up and coming talent, Deloitte has taken an innovative approach to showcasing life at Deloitte. The Deloitte recruitment brand team recently launched Your Future: Explored, a new augmented reality (AR) app designed to provide an engaging and immersive experience to job seekers at recruiting events across the country....continue reading
Pioneer intern series: Rafael Huerta
January 31, 2019
Rafael has spent three summers as an intern at Deloitte, starting as a Pioneer Internafter his freshman year at college, then transitioning to Deloitte’s Discovery Internship, and finally completing a Tax Internship. This coming summer he will transition to a full-time role in Deloitte’s Business Tax Services practice. He reveals his favorite memories as an intern, advice for future interns, and why he decided to begin his professional career at Deloitte....continue reading
Who we are: Alan Hernandez
December 6, 2018
Alan Hernandez is many things: a first-generation American and the first in his family to attend college. He’s also the first in his family to embark on a career in the corporate world. And he hasn’t even graduated from college yet....continue reading
Deloitte's International Internship Program
November 29, 2018
Traveling to foreign countries, learning about new cultures, and immersing yourself in a new way of life is often at the top of the list for many young professionals, but doing it while pursuing career aspirations and gaining professional skills and knowledge is even better. Each year Deloitte gives a select group of Deloitte interns this opportunity through the International Internship Program....continue reading
Girls Who Code
November 26, 2018
The world of technology has largely been a male-dominated industry, despite the growing number of women entering the field. Girls Who Code and its founder Reshma Saujani set out to reverse this disparity. Girls Who Code is a national non-profit with the singular mission of closing the gender gap in technology....continue reading
Deloitte Women’s Leadership Launch and the value of female mentorship
October 15, 2018
Many female professionals are shattering the once impenetrable glass ceiling, breaking down barriers, and coming to the forefront as strong leaders. This is happening across varying industries including professional services, technology, manufacturing, and in the political arena....continue reading
Deloitte’s Advanced Degree Veterans' Forum 2019
October 11, 2018
Applications are now open for Deloitte’s Advanced Degree Veterans' Forum (ADVF), an immersive conference designed for veteran graduate students who are interested in learning more about the consulting profession and a career at Deloitte. The three-day forum will take place at Deloitte University, in Westlake, Texas from January 4 to 6, 2019....continue reading
Journey to an unexpected career
October 8, 2018
The funny thing about life is that you never know where it is going to take you. When both of us declared our majors in college – French Literature for Jen Steinmann and Marketing and Business Management for Jen Fisher – the roles we have now didn’t even exist! And, we’re not alone, 65 percent of today’s students will ultimately be employed in jobs that don’t exist yet....continue reading
Booked for a cause
October 1, 2018
What started as a volunteer project as a part of Deloitte’s annual Impact Day activities quickly turned into a literary initiative bringing together Deloitte Tax’s 2018 Chicago intern class and professionals at Deloitte’s Chicago Tax practice....continue reading
About that one thing
September 27, 2018
Deloitte places great emphasis on the well-being of professionals. The well-being initiatives, spearheaded by Jen Fisher, national managing director of well-being, Deloitte Services LP, encourages employees to take time for themselves to re-center and re-charge even during the busiest seasons. It also helps professionals to pursue at least one thing that is most important to them outside of work. This can range from family activities to sporting adventures, including training for a marathon to doing a yoga class each morning....continue reading
Our interns' perspective: well-being at Deloitte
September 6, 2018
Working at one of the Big Four, such as Deloitte, can occasionally come with some stress. It’s important for organizations to make sure that its employees are able to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Our Pioneer internship is a 6-week program a six-week program offered to students that have just finished their freshman year of their undergraduate studies. Here, four of our 2018 Pioneer interns share their understanding of well-being here at Deloitte....continue reading
2018 summer scholar conference
August 23, 2018
Summer scholars are participants in Deloitte Consulting’s undergraduate client service internship program. At this year’s summer scholar conference, over 480 future consultants representing 150 universities from across the United States enjoyed three days of networking and professional development activities....continue reading
Candid conversations: An inside look at Deloitte internships
August 16, 2018
Amanda Martin has a passion for coaching and helping others to achieve their full potential. She does this daily as the program lead on the Early ID/Strategy and Innovation team at Deloitte Services LP....continue reading
A year-by-year back-to-school guide for job preparation during college
As you head to campus this fall, it’s never too early to begin thinking about your future career. Nowadays, employers are providing opportunities for students at the freshman level (sometimes even earlier!), helping you to build your professional skills and gain experience that will help you secure a full time job well before you put on your cap and gown....continue reading
Candid conversations: Meet Neil Basu, a Deloitte intern
Over the next five years, New York native Neil Basu is planning to complete a Master’s in Accounting and establish himself as a leader in the field of audit and accounting. Neil is currently looking forward to his senior year at the University at Albany, SUNY, where he will complete a double major in accounting and business administration with concentrations in finance and information systems and business analytics....continue reading
How to succeed in your first internship
Everyone gets a start somewhere, and an internship can be one way to launch a successful career. Your first internship is an exciting opportunity to learn more about the world of work, an industry, and your chosen area of study. We explore some top tips for helping to achieve success during your first internship....continue reading
