Investment intern Review

Really enjoyed my time working there and hope to return when I have finished with my studies. The work was interesting, I believe that the staff that worked there were very helpful and welcoming. I believe that Aon is a very good place to work and would recommend this internship to others.

The colleagues made me feel very welcome within the company, they were very friendly and did go out of their way to welcome me into the team and give me work which I could engage with. Even the senior members of staff value the opinions and time of interns, which is refreshing.

Completely supported throughout the entire internship scheme by the supervisor. The manager is more their to look over a group of interns, so you do not develop as personal as a relationship with them. With that being said, they are always available to give guidance. However you are given a 'buddy who along with the other more junior members of staff, gives you so much support.

This completely varies depending on the attitude of the intern and indeed on the department they are working in. If you are always eager to take on new work and looking for a challenge then their is scope to be very busy every day. Also, as the internship continues, you become busier.

This completely varies depending on which department on is based in. You are mainly undertaking the same work as the graduates and junior workers, so from this perspective you can say that you are given a great deal of responsibility. However, you have to do a variety of tasks. involving some high level responsibility and some less so.

I believe that this internship has taught me so much about the industry and the type of work done by both organisations such as Aon and other actors within the market. The experience gained from this internship will help me going into my final years of studying and I expect that this ground of knowledge will help me going forward into work also.

This completely depends on which office within the company you are working at and the department you are working in. The culture and nature of the team varies so much fro department to department. My particular department was very young and a great environment to work in.

Their were no formal, rigid programs or tasks regarding the work itself. However the CSR project is something that interns each year undertake and that is very well organised. This includes a welcoming day, a buddy who helps oversee the activities of the CSR group and a formal presentation of the groups work.

The firm put in a lot of effort into training up the interns and trying to teach them all of the skills they need to become graduate workers after they finish their course at university. They also go out of their way to make you understand more about all parts of the organisation and arrange talks with representatives from these different parts so that you can have a broad knowledge about the entire company, should you want to move departments

Many people from the internship, I believe, were offered jobs with the company after their final year of studies so i would say that the future employment prospects with the organisation are very good indeed. It also seems like a great graduate job to have and through the internship you can find out much more about these prospects and understand if it is the sort of place you would like to accept an offer for

There was a great social scene among both the workers and the interns. After work most nightss there would be an informal gathering of people at the pub or another location. This made the welcoming process much easier and was especially goo for those interns that doe not live in the city in which they are undertaking the internship like myself.

It was very expensive to live in the are I worked as the office of Aon is in central London. Also it was incredibly expensive to socialise and get a drink after work. However the company do put on some events to aid the socialising and provide some free drinks and free social events in the offices fairly often, which is great.

The nighlife was great, they are so many clubs and pubs in london and especially in this area central to the office. However, it would be very expensive to participate in this night life too much, However over all compared to other areas i have lived and worked i would say that the nighlife in this area is great.

There are loads of opportunities to get involved in activites out side of the office and these opportunities include things like the sports teams, networking events and many more informal events too. Mianly these event are wrote in emails to all staff including inteerns making it very easy if you want to participate in them.