HARRISBURG, PA – Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today recognized West Chester-native Samuel Kenney as the Department’s newest Auditor 1 from the Intern to Hire program. Kenney graduated in May from Arcadia University in Montgomery County with a bachelor’s in finance.
“Our Intern to Hire program is a common-sense approach to creating career pathways for Pennsylvania students to work and stay in the Commonwealth,” Auditor General DeFoor said. “Recent graduates like Samuel are the future of our department, and we couldn’t be happier to have his expertise on our team.”
In his role, Samuel will be working as part of the team that performs audits for county district courts and row offices.
The Intern to Hire program creates a pathway to full-time employment for students and recent graduates from Pennsylvania colleges and universities, and community colleges. Upon acceptance as an intern, students must complete the following to be hired into a full-time position:
- Current enrollment as an undergraduate student in an accredited college/university in a declared bachelor’s degree program in accounting, business, data analytics, finance, economics, math, or a closely related field and successful completion of at least sixty (60) college credits at the time of the internship with a minimum 2.5 GPA; or
- Recent graduate (within 6 months of the internship commencement) of an Associate degree program at an accredited college/university with an area of concentration in accounting, business, data analytics, finance, economics, math, or a closely related field and a minimum 2.5 GPA; or
- Current enrollment as a graduate student in an accredited college/university in a declared master’s or doctoral program in accounting, business, data analytics, finance, economics, math, or a closely related field and a minimum 2.5 GPA at the time of the internship; and
- Someone who is passionate about their area of focus and public service; who is detail-oriented with curiosity and a desire to learn.
Interns in the Bureau of Information Technology Audits, the Bureau of Performance Audits, and the Bureau of State and Federal Audits must be enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program or higher at the start of the internship. Associate degree graduates are encouraged to apply for all other Bureau internship opportunities.
For more information about career opportunities or the Intern to Hire Program, visit www.paauditor.gov/careers and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
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