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Rating
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About You
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The Company
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Everything Else
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?
- 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?
- 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 5. How well structured was the insight?
- 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?
- 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 8. To what extent did the insight help you to understand what it would be like to have a full time role with the company or firm?
- 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?
- 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?
- 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?
- 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?
- 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?
- 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?
- 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?
About You
Very organised and structured, people were friendly and always willing to help, facilities were great and we were always kept busy.
I was given plenty of work that a trainee would be expected to handle, and I was never left to my own devices. The regular talks and socials were aimed at getting us integrated into the firm as much as possible.
Everyone was incredibly friendly and willing to help no matter how busy they were.
It really helped me increase my commercial awareness as well as learn the practical side of law and the regular transactional, advisory and contentious work involved.
The Company
There was a programme put in place that was well followed and they made sure we were always engaged. There was a great variety of events too.
Everyone looked like they were enjoying themselves and we had a good time, made great friends during the scheme and I have since kept in touch with the people I met on the scheme.
The firm invested a lot in me, a lot of time, effort and money were put into organising training sessions and socials.
It was a rather realistic view of the work that a trainee will be involved in, as well as meeting different people of different ranks in order to get a general feel of the company.
There were plenty of opportunities to network and speak to various people in order to understand the culture better.
It was very useful in helping me gauge whether the sort of work was what I will enjoy.
Everything Else
We were paid £400/week.
There were many opportunities to speak to people of different ranks and different departments.
Socials were amazing, not only were they fun and allowed us to explore life in London, we also got to network with various people.
We were informed of sports activities and pro bono work that we could get involved with in the firm.
I would recommend this scheme for anyone wishing to gain an insight into the sort of work they do.
Details
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
London
August 2016