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>> Hi, I'm Rebecca Messelli.

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[phonetic] I'm a 2008 Penn State grad
and I graduated with an accounting degree

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from the Smeal College of Business and started
with KPMG, initially in our New York office

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where I worked in claims service
assisting leadership, specifically partners

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and senior managers, in dealing with
various inquiries from the fields.

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After spending some time in New York
I relocated to the Philadelphia area

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and joined our audit practice, serving some
of our clients in the Philadelphia market.

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I earned my CPA and went on to
take on a new role with the firm,

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leading our campus recruiting efforts at
Penn State and various other universities.

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So a busy day for me might be getting
to the office and catching up on emails.

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I think that's a big part of my job, hundreds
of emails come in every day so keeping up with

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that volume and giving timely
feedback and responses to some

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of the various people to whom I report.

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Also the day could include lining up events.

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I do a lot of event planning.

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It's a big component of the recruiting process
so whether it be planning logistics and events

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on campus or planning events at our local office

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for professional [inaudible]
who are already with the firm.

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And then of course networking, collaborating
with my team in the Philadelphia office

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and my counterparts throughout the country
so might involve various conference calls

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to strategize on national initiatives
or projects or just informally chatting

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about upcoming events in the Philadelphia area.