Applicant for Insight Day Review
by WTW
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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About You
4.1
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The Company
3.0
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Everything Else
4.5
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?
- 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?
- 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 5. How well structured was the insight?
- 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?
- 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 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?
- 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?
- 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?
- 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?
- 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?
- 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?
- 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?
- 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?
About You
The programme gave a good overview of both the industry and Towers Watson, which was the reason for my application.
I was paid a lot of attention by employees in the networking session over lunch.
The games set out by the firm was very well explained and gave an insight into industry specific terms.
Both relevant vocabulary and skills were developed over the day long programme which will certainly be beneficial in the long run.
The Company
Though the programme overran slightly, what doesn't? What was needed was more breaks to separate the long sessions; TW did however say they will address this issue in further programmes.
Most applicants were very shy and only a few stood out. The employees, however, did their best to address this issue and offered a lot of verbal guidance.
It felt like we were thrown in the deep end, however I do realise there is a steep learning curve; though I couldn't sense the firm spending a lot of time "training" us.
Unfortunately, my reply to this question may or may not be reflective of the how useful the Insight was. The employees only spoke about the positives about their respective roles. This may be because there may only exist positives but I highly doubt that. However it may be the case that they may have spoke about negatives but they weren't as bad as I had expected.
Very well. I think this was one of main goals of their programme.
They gave an accurate representation of how the industry works and how it compares with others in the finance sector.
Everything Else
I select that I was reimbursed only because they have promised this. It is nearly one week afterwards and I have not been reimbursed. This may be because it is bank holiday weekend and thus not a major problem.
Yes during lunch. High employee to applicant ratio.
Though there were many employees, I found that during the lunch hour is a bad time for networking since applicants went hungry for about 5 hours before having to make the choice between eating comfortably, stuffing their face and hoping to network a little, and going hungry and being able to converse freely.
They mentioned the brand ambassador programme they were desperate for people to take up. The firm also told us about their undergraduate opportunities.
Fantastic opportunity with the opportunity to gain valuable insight into the firm and the industry.
Details
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
London
April 2014
