Will I Thrive in a Diverse Environment
Will I Thrive in a Socially Diverse Environment?
Dear PricewaterhouseCoopers,
I would first like to state my appreciation for including me in the second round of interviews, thank you for your time and consideration. Being considered for an executive managerial position at PricewaterhouseCoopers is very prestigious and personally significant. I have desired to be a member of the PWC team since learning of the company and its services. As part of the interview process you have asked, “Will I thrive in the socially diverse environment of PWC?” I believe that I do have the capability to thrive in a socially diverse environment, through my prior employment, personal and educational experiences. As displayed in my resume, I obtained my M.S in Accounting degree from Siena College. Statistically speaking, Siena College is not a very diverse environment (Siena College 2011). Siena College reported that of the student body in 2011, 83.5% of students were Caucasian. Hispanic, making up the largest minority group, made up only 5.3% of the student body of the same year. Siena College is the only Franciscan college that offers a Masters in Accounting program. Despite the statistical information, I believe that Siena adequately prepared me to work and succeed in a diverse in environment. As a Franciscan learning environment, Siena integrates an initiative of Diversity, Optimism, Respect, and Service (DORS) into their educational system. Through my years at Siena I had many classes that prioritized DORS first, having many assignments, workshops, and discussions based on diversity. The DORS initiative taught me to look past the concept of diversity as just a way of toleration, allowing me to recognize the benefit of diversity as an asset in the workplace. Research done by Julie Kampf, president of JBK Associates, proved diversity to be a “perpetual process, with an ambitious goal: the creation of an organizational culture where the best people want to work, where
Dear PricewaterhouseCoopers,
I would first like to state my appreciation for including me in the second round of interviews, thank you for your time and consideration. Being considered for an executive managerial position at PricewaterhouseCoopers is very prestigious and personally significant. I have desired to be a member of the PWC team since learning of the company and its services. As part of the interview process you have asked, “Will I thrive in the socially diverse environment of PWC?” I believe that I do have the capability to thrive in a socially diverse environment, through my prior employment, personal and educational experiences. As displayed in my resume, I obtained my M.S in Accounting degree from Siena College. Statistically speaking, Siena College is not a very diverse environment (Siena College 2011). Siena College reported that of the student body in 2011, 83.5% of students were Caucasian. Hispanic, making up the largest minority group, made up only 5.3% of the student body of the same year. Siena College is the only Franciscan college that offers a Masters in Accounting program. Despite the statistical information, I believe that Siena adequately prepared me to work and succeed in a diverse in environment. As a Franciscan learning environment, Siena integrates an initiative of Diversity, Optimism, Respect, and Service (DORS) into their educational system. Through my years at Siena I had many classes that prioritized DORS first, having many assignments, workshops, and discussions based on diversity. The DORS initiative taught me to look past the concept of diversity as just a way of toleration, allowing me to recognize the benefit of diversity as an asset in the workplace. Research done by Julie Kampf, president of JBK Associates, proved diversity to be a “perpetual process, with an ambitious goal: the creation of an organizational culture where the best people want to work, where
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