Summer Student - Investment DB Review

by Hymans Robertson

Rating

5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Summer student tasked with presenting a project on sustainable equity implementation in DC Pension Schemes and their growth strategies. Aside from project work, I was fortunate enough to undertake work on a number of client teams whereby I could get an impression of what a graduate role might look like.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Presentation Prioritisation Communication Collaboration


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

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

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

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

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Much more responsibility than I could have expected - especially with respect to work on behalf of Hymans for clients


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

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • definitely enough support when needed but there was always a good degree of autonomy


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

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

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • very informal relative to my expectations, all staff are supportive and a healthy work culture is evident in the office


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

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

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

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

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • very much!


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

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

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Hymans Robertson
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Hymans Robertson to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Hymans Robertson
  • Be yourself during the application process as the company are looking for people that are genuine and socially competent as well as technically bright


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Actuary

Scotland

August 2022


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