Student Recruitment Intern Review

by PwC

Best Student Employer

Rating

3.9/5
  • Skills
    3.8
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    3.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Ensure all candidates receive prompt feedback and appropriate guidance during the selection process. Maintain various reports relating to recruits and joiners to the firm and produce analysis of such information when requested. Plan and host our Virtual Career Focus days. Help deliver outcome calls. Hold Pre-Assessment Day Preparation calls for each candidate who has booked onto this, in order to provide support and useful information. Provide support for our Schools and Campus strategy. Attend PwC's National Virtual Park Events, Regional Careers Fairs, Schools Events and other ad-hoc sessions ran by Student Recruitment. Organise logistics for student recruitment attraction events. Source business Ambassadors for these by emailing and contacting relevant people from the business. Support with the administration and onboarding of hires. Attend a number of recruitment attraction events, with some evening and occasional weekends. Process invoice payment requests appropriately. Ownership of recruitment application pipelines.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Presenting Professional written communication Liaising Linking in with peers, superiors from different areas within the business Organising and time management Looking ahead and planning Escalating situations to relevant teams who oversee specific actions in relation to a candidates journey Attending calls and working virtually


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes. There was definitely lots of autonomy over certain roles, however support was always available. There were certain tasks which I did not get the chance to be involved in, whilst others did. However I can likewise say I had certain responsibilities that others did not.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • A lot.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Very good. The culture within my team specifically was very encouraging. Work life balance was highly valued and flexible working/ autonomous working/ wellbeing was encouraged. We had training webinars, a wellbeing team and frequent check-ins to ensure we never felt overwhelmed or discouraged, particularly during peak recruitment seasons when workload could be heavier.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I really enjoyed it. However I do feel that virtual working has it's limitations and I could've gotten more from this year in person.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at PwC
  • 3/5

  • 7. Would you recommend PwC to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to PwC
  • Research your role and talk to as many people as possible. Motivation is a big factor we look for when recruiting candidates, as our pipelines are often competitive.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Recruitment

Northern Ireland

June 2021


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