Retirement Actuarial Intern Review
by WTW
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.8
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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 WTW
- 7. Would you recommend WTW to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to WTW
Overview
Assisting the actuarial team with a variety of work, including: individual calculations, GMP projects, accounting work, data work etc... Alongside comprehensive training, the role involves working with a variety of clients across several sectors with unique schemes.
Skills
Developed many soft skills, in particular communication, teamwork and presentation skills that are honed through client work as well as training. Also started to learn some consulting skills, with a broad focus on pensions.
Responsibilities
Given the length of the internship (8 weeks), there is the opportunity to get involved in large amounts of client work across many teams.
Support & Guidance
There was a good structure of support - a buddy system, early careers manager as well as an internship manager. All colleagues were helpful when completing work, as well as addressing any general queries.
Culture
Within the office, the atmosphere was very welcoming and the company culture seems to instil a sense of friendliness and approachability.
Your Impressions
The internship was very enjoyable in general - and I definitely felt more integrated as the internship went on.
Yes
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Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Actuary
Scotland
August 2024
