It involved hearing from BDO employees on what the company is like We could ask them anything we wanted and would always receive great answers There were presentations and activities intended to aid and reflection and even understand ourselves better
I was given an insight to what to would be like to work for BDO and also the different career avenues that are available I learnt about the diversity and inclusion and also what would be required an an employee at BDO
Presentors from BDO introducing the firms culture and different career streams Detailed information about the recruitment process with tips Q amp A Section for any questions to be answered from the audience
Gave an overview of the various roles availiable for graduates at BDO including Audit Tax Business Advisor Etc
Explored the different divisions
We had many different sessions from leading experts in the industry Everything from audit training personal brand professionals qualifications and digital mindset Also we had a lot of opportunities to speak to people already working at the company on
Over the course of a week attend various insight sessions about BDO personal skills development and your selected team taxauditadvisory etc and network with other participants A group presentation project was involved
Involved various audit training sessions selfdevelopment workshops networking with trainees and partners as well as an assessed group project focused on Corporate Social Responsibility
We listened to various members of BDO about their own opinion of the company and the benefits of working their We also had a group project to complete and other activities to attend virtually like the personal development talk by Lola
Provided an opportunity to learn of the accountancy and business industry whilst also experiencing first hand the culture and values of BDO Learn how the company operates and helps the wider community On a daytoday basis we were involved in networki
There were plenty of presentations about the firm and opportunities to talk to buddies who currently work in the stream for which you applied There were workshops on personal branding and wellbeing There was a group project to create a presentation which
There were sessions on personal development insight into Audit and insight into the culture of BDO We were also split into groups for a group task and had an interview with a partner at the end of week The week was very well structured and we had load
Each day started at 930 and was broken into individual sessions with presentations training networking or a group project There was also some training specific to whichever stream you applied for on two of the days The day ended around 330 or 4 usu
We had a mixture of online training networking sessions and assessments for example a presentation and an interview
The insight week involved attending various training sessions and seminars regarding BDOs culture and how the firm operates as a whole I also got to meet Audit team members at the Bristol office
Presentations on well being and values to develop your understanding of your skills the chance to network with current trainees and chance to get a graduate offer at the end of the week
We had a couple sessions about personal branding 2 audit sessions we had to do a CSR presentation and we had regular networking sesssions with our team
Various presentations on BDO culture innovation Networking with participants from all over UK group presentation work tax training and final interview
Day 1 Introduction and group project brief Day 2 Personal branding training Day 3 Introduction to audit and group work Day 4 Introduction to audit and group presentation Day 5 Interview and wrap up
I learnt about all the departments in BDO I also had workshops with internal and external providers on various topics eg career planning wellbeing etc I interacted with employees during organised lunches I interacted with other participants in netwo