Business academy Intern Review

I worked in Tax for one week. I was in the sub-line transaction tax. When you first start you get a buddy who organises activities for you to do/attend. I did some research tasks, filling in spreadsheets and filling in information into documents.

I gained networking skills and professional writing skills mostly. EY sent some videos to me about writing, networking, presenting and emotional resilience. All of these videos were very good. I learnt a lot about my service line and the way EY works.

This work experience is brilliant. It automatically fast tracks you on the business apprenticeship and if you perform well you get an offer. It also gave me the opportunity to talk to people about working life, the grad programme and the apprenticeship scheme.

My buddy only found out I was coming on the Friday. So for having 3 days she did amazing. There were talks and groups with people from different areas and she made sure I talked to everyone I wanted to. Everyone in the team wanted me to enjoy my experience and kept checking I was.

This experience gives a real insight into how employees interact with each other. I could see myself fitting in and when you join whether on the grad or school leaver, you join with people your own age. This creates a nice network for people which is visible around the office.

As this automatically fast tracks you, it gives you a massive opportunity to get into EY. If you get an offer, it will be with the department you worked in (unless you ask to change) and so you join already with a support network and knowing people around the office.

you get paid around £6.25 an hour and work 30 hours so that's £187.50 for something most companies offer without pay. you also get to go for lunch with you buddy which is a good time to ask them any questions. however, they don't reimburse travel or lunch expenses (except the one with your buddy).

I had multiple meetings with other employees and met many of my buddy's friends including apprentices, grads and managers.

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My experience was brilliant. Even if you come for the week and hate it, at least you know it's not for you and it will also give you the experience of not only working in a large corporate office but also the application process used by most large firms.

Make sure to fill out every form they send you as soon and as you can and as well as you can. I moved house 2 days before they wanted a proof of address and it was so annoying getting constant emails, even though I had explained the situation.