Ernst and Young Leadership Academy Review

The insight was fantastic. There were only 24 of us which meant that we were made to feel very welcome and were always about to have 1 on 1 conversations with the employees there.

I couldn't get over how much time and money EY were willing to invest in us. It made me feel highly valued.

as mentioned above there were 24 of us and the professional to student ratio was fantastic meaning we got a huge amount of personal guidance.

I do an arts subject so the skills were not directly relevant to my degree, however I want to go into consulting and so the skills and information I got were invaluable for this.

The organisation was impeccable both during the event, before the event and in terms of follow up.

we had plenty of time to socialise and the environment was stimulating but always with a focus on relationships and their importance.

EY hired 2 outside consultants to help develop ourselves as individuals which was an incredible experience. EY also put us in touch with some of their employees so I could chat to them both before and afterwards which has been really helpful. Some of the conversations have been nearly an hour long reflecting the investment that the firm is willing to put into us.

The Leadership academy is more about learning to develop yourself with one day at the end which focuses partly on the firm itself. Getting to meet people who work there and chat to them over the 4 days helped me to get an idea of what it might be like to work there.

Because there were so many professionals there we got a really good sense of the kind of person who works at EY. One evening we had karaoke and another night we had a drumming workshop!

It is due to this leadership academy that I discovered that want to do consulting and I now have an internship with EY.

All expenses were covered.

During the academy there were lots of employees available to talk to from all service lines. I have also been in contact since with people that I met during the academy.

Absolutely, both in terms of students and employees.

We could find this out because over the course of many meals we had the chance to talk to the employees about what else they do.

I couldn't recommend the leadership academy more highly. Regardless of whether you want to work for EY, the personal development was huge and actually meaningful.