Investment Consulting Placement Review
by Aon
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Aon
- 7. Would you recommend Aon to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Aon
Overview
Advising on defined benefit pension schemes in the UK. the role of investment analyst includes sending emails internally and externally to investment managers, actuaries and clients, producing quarterly meeting papers and attending/presenting at these meetings, and analyzing market and client data.
Skills
Excel - a large portion of the role involves excel and develops your technical skills Interpersonal & professional communication - experience communicating in a professional manner with colleagues and clients Quick thinking & problem solving - the role requires you to think of solutions to problems every day, sometimes on the spot or very quickly Presenting - at client meetings and internally Organization - the role requires you to balance and coordinate a large number of tasks simultaneously
Responsibilities
Yes, I have been given responsibility for regular tasks, presenting at a client meeting, communicating with and issuing formal advice and documents to clients, and organizing the delivery of projects.
Support & Guidance
The team were extremely supportive, patient, very willing and keen to teach me new skills and always involve me in new projects and opportunities. Formal support included a manager, buddy, mentor and a female mentorship group.
Culture
Great culture - very supportive, friendly and everyone is calm and understanding of any mistakes
Your Impressions
I have thoroughly enjoyed my placement year. While it has been stressful at times, I have had an incredible amount of opportunities and developed so many new skills. I'm very grateful for the Leeds team for making this experience so great!
Yes
Do your research on the role/company and just be yourself - they're looking for friendly people who work well in a team
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Management Consulting, Economics, Financial Management
Yorkshire and Humberside
August 2023
