Junior Associate Review

my role as a junior consultant at PwC involds completing client work mostly around operations in order to assist the company in achieving there goals and needs. When we are not completing Client work, we complete internal roles supporting the company in delivering our services and offering to client. The broadness of roles at PwC is vast making it perfect for anyone gaining a insight into the corporate world.

Ive learnt may skills from being at PwC. The people within the company, both junior and senior, are interesting and very talented. Normally you are lucky enough to the coached and mentored by seniors which you gain a great deal of skills from. you also have the oppertunity to work across different sectors and industries which give you a perfect insight into how these companies work.

My program is interesting and fun. The company ensure that you rotate around the firm giving you good exposure to different areas. you complete training days which ensure your developing news skills to take and impermanent on your jobs. Sometimes you do feel a little in the deep end and you always have the support of others to help you get up to speed.

The programme is very well organised in the sense that you do develop into a confident consultant by the end of the programme. Some training we do maybe not be specific to us and therefore not helpful but the vast majority is beneficial. Most of the role are well suited and at a level which we can complete.

We do receive a lot of support from the company. the management structure of a people manager that deals with building your future prospects and a line manager who gives you day to day tasks works well as you normally always have a 2 options to support. a little more senior mentoring would be useful.

Are training provider Kaplan are a little rubbish. Some training is great and very helpful with mentors that really have the experience and exposure to industry that is required. Others are unable to hold a class, not engaging and even hard to understand. The haven't got the programme organised well enough meaning that work is completed and then not required.

Some of the qualification is good for the job, in the sense that it provides background knowledge to some areas our are work. Other topics are very useless and lacks reasoning for learning when you focus on the job. Some areas also was conflicting with the A-level business exams which confused a lot of people.

Yes there are always social events and clubs that people can get into. I dont personally have the time so tend not to engage as much as i should but others really enjoy them. The rugby team for example travels across the world to play other PwC teams which is amazing

Yes

Its been a massive stepping stone in my career and i now feel really to progress to industry with a lot more confidence and knowledge than i did before i joined. The programme develops you and also sets up a network of people that can support and help you achieve your goals

Be yourself and respect other people. We are an organisation that supports each other in achieving goal. Be interesting and ensure that you can present at being a well rounded person. This includes, helping out with Sport clubs, part time jobs and interesting activities. When it comes to the interview, make sure your building a relationship with the person.