Business Academy Review

by EY

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

9.1/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of what your work experience involved:

    • Shadowing workers, getting involved with audit, learning about different roles within EY

    8/10
  • 2. What training and skills development did you learn from your work experience?

    • Learnt how to audit accounts, the threats customers present to banks, how relationships between firms and banks affect the performance of companies

    7/10
  • 3. To what extent did you enjoy your work experience?

    • Enjoyed it and found it very interesting

    9/10
  • 4. How well organised was your work experience?

    • Very - we was given timetables and everything went as planned

    10/10
  • 5. How much did you learn about the company culture and what it would be like to work there?

    • A lot, got a good insight to office lifestyle

    10/10
  • 6. How much did your work experience help you in deciding on your future career path?

    • It made me very clear that I want to work in an office and be an accountant

    9/10
  • 7. Were you paid or reimbursed for this experience?

    • Yes we got paid well considering it was an amazing opportunity - it was a win win!

    10/10
  • 8. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees?

    • Yes met loads of apprentices all of which seemed very happy and put huge emphasis onto how lucky they were to have secured such an amazing roll with huge progression opportunities and even met a partner of the Newcastle offices!

    10/10
  • 9a. Would you recommend EY to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 9b. Why?

    • It is a very reliable and friendly firm which treats their clients very well

  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to EY?

    • Stand out, make your application have a wow factor to it!

Details

Work Experience

Accounting

Newcastle upon Tyne

March 2020

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