Vacation Student Review

by KPMG

Best Student Employer

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Rating

4.5/5
  • About You
    4.3
  • The Company
    4.6
  • Everything Else
    4.8

    About You

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?

    • Had the opportunity to meet a lot of interesting people, network and gain insight into KPMG. Found the work challenging and interesting.

    5/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?

    • Was given work and responsibility, people took time out to help me with my work.

    4/5
  • 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?

    • People took time to answer my questions and help me with work.

    5/5
  • 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • The work will not assist me with my degree subject (Engineering), but has helped me to decide on my career and to gain an insight and therefore will help me greatly beyond my degree.

    3/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • Insight was well planned and there was a training day before the work started.

    4/5
  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?

    • People were helpful and work was interesting

    5/5
  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • Was trained in SQL

    5/5
  • 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?

    • Helped to give an insight into the sorts of things I would be doing day to day.

    5/5
  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?

    • 4/5
  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?

    • The month helped me to think about my career options and the different sorts of job roles available at kpmg

    5/5

    Everything Else

  • 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?

    • Great deal of networking opportunities. There were team socials and got to meet employees from different sectors as well as talking to those in my own

    5/5
  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?

    • Employees were friendly, offered advice

    5/5
  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?

    • Found out about programmes e.g. in local schools, teaching, charity work. And also about company sporting teams.

    4/5
  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?

    • Yes, it was a valuable, fun and interesting experience

    5/5
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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Accounting, Business Operations

London

November 2016

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