Client Services Associate Review
by AlphaSights
Rating
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Skills
4.3
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
4.0
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Culture
3.5
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Your Impressions
4.0
- 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 AlphaSights
- 7. Would you recommend AlphaSights to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to AlphaSights
Overview
Working with Consulting clients on a regular basis helping them source experts, setting up consulting calls between the expert and our end client so they can seek the knowledge they need for their projects/research
Skills
Primarily soft skills: 1.Cold calling 2.Negotiation 3.Communication 4.Sales 5.Presentation
Responsibilities
That’s the best part about this particular internship, if you ask for responsibility then you will get it! The only difference between me and a regular associate was the difference in pay, in terms of work responsibilities and expectations in terms of delivery, everything was the same. This really helped me in feeling that the work I did has the same level of impact as a regular associate and I was valued the same way as an associate was.
Support & Guidance
You are assigned with a placement mentor within the company, whom you can have monthly catchups with, as they are not someone who’s part of your team; it’s good to liaise with someone with a good level of experience who can mentor you and support you. On the other hand, we have weekly catchups with our assigned trainer and manager, who go over the Strengths and development areas during those feedback sessions, so there’s always room to improve and work on the feedback they provide.
Culture
Everyone’s pretty young which is good and open to have a chat with. The company working culture is intense and it’s a generally quite fast paced. But overall, the intensity is then compensated with the monthly team events which are great.
Your Impressions
10/10 experience, as I got a lot of valuable experience which will strengthen my CV. It was more hands on experience rather than just doing back end stuff or shadowing seniors. I always wanted to make sure my work is considered valuable and the amount of responsibilities I had, never felt like I’m just considered an ‘intern’ over here.
Yes
Apply early! Focus on AlphaSights values, and how your experience matches to those values. Make sure you research well regarding the Market research/knowledge on demand industry (competitors, end clients etc)
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Business Management
London
July 2024
