Tuesday Jan. 21

                Today was my first day that I actually got to go out to a client site.  I met a senior manager and managing partner at a place near my house.  This way I didn’t have to drive all the way into Madison since I was on the way to our client.  We had an hour and a half drive.  It was really cool because I got to spend time with my superiors.  When you get them out of the work environment they really open up.  When we got to the client’s office we were escorted to a back private room.  It was very nice and they offered us something to drink and eat.  We then worked at the client all day on their accounting information.  We worked for about four hours then left to get lunch.  After lunch we came back to the client and finished up the accounting work all afternoon.  I was assigned my own projects at the office and helped with as much as I could.  It was a great experience because I got to meet actual clients of the company.  At about 4:30 we packed all of our stuff up and got on the road to come back to Madison because we had over an hour drive.  We talked the whole way back and I learned more about my co-workers and Wipfli LLP itself.  Once we got back to the office I headed home for the day.

                During this project I have strengthened my communication skills and my work ethic.  This entire J-Term I have had to communicate with my co-workers.  Wipfli LLP is very team oriented and you have to be able to communicate well in these situations.  I had to use many different forms of communication.  The most obvious was simple verbal communication.  We also communicated through email.  This is how I would get a lot of my assignments during the week.  If I just had a quick question for someone I would have to use our messaging system.  There were many different instances where I had to communicate in a professional manner.  I also developed a better work ethic.  Being busy season, the hours I put in are very long.  I had to be focused and determined to finish all my projects in a timely manner.  I would still like to develop my knowledge before I enter into my career.  There are a lot of accounting classes I have not taken yet that I could benefit from greatly.  I want to expand my knowledge and learn more about what my career could revolve around.