EY Leadership Academy Review

by EY

Best Student Employer

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Rating

4.4/5
  • About You
    4.6
  • The Company
    4.3
  • Everything Else
    4.5

    About You

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?

    • An amazing experience that was both really useful and enjoyable!

    5/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?

    • EY put a lot of effort into making us feel very valued, by giving us a variety of different experiences all centred around our own personal development.

    5/5
  • 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?

    • Not only were there mentors assigned to each group of 6 but the facilitators were also on hand to give constant support and guidance.

    5/5
  • 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Some of the concepts introduced were very interesting and extremely applicable to any leadership role which will hopefully be very applicable throughout my career!

    5/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • There was a large team putting on a very well planned and engaging insight. There were a huge variety of different experiences that could be taken from the variety of activities and opportunities to network with EY employees.

    5/5
  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?

    • There was excellent atmosphere both between the EY employees and us and it was amazing to meet 23 such talented people, all of whom wanted to learn and improve and this made for a fantastic atmosphere.

    5/5
  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • This experience was all about personal development and training and the exceptionally high quality sessions which were delivered actually changed a lot of our future ideas, both of our career, our motivations and our leadership.

    5/5
  • 8. To what extent did the insight help you to understand what it would be like to have a full time role with the company or firm?

    • What was amazing was that this was not in the most part about EY jobs. The majority was about our personal development but there were numerous opportunities to ask questions about the firm and what a full time job would be like.

    4/5
  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?

    • Whilst I don't know exactly what it would be like to work for EY I think this experience really showed me that the company culture is very much settled around the people who work for EY.

    4/5
  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?

    • The experience really showed me how much I would value working alongside talented, intellectual people and how I would really enjoy having leadership as part of my role.

    4/5

    Everything Else

  • 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?

    • All paid on time.

  • 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?

    • Yes, throughout the whole experience but particularly at a dinner where several Partners were able to come and discuss their work with us.

    5/5
  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?

    • Really interesting and the social events put on for us were a lot of fun!

    5/5
  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?

    • There were many opportunities to ask questions about work/life balance and also activities which go on within EY.

    4/5
  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?

    • Fantastic experience, would definitely recommend!

    5/5
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Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

South East

November 2013

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