Remediation Review

Your day to day work is varied, your assigned a project which will allow you to work with a range of people across EY as well as some high profile clients in the financial services industry. Typically you work on a role for an extended period of time however you are moved around throughout the scheme to give you a flavour for other roles and to develop new skills.

I can defiantly say I have learnt new skills, and these have come from a range of sources. There are skills which you pick up from working with alongside a range of experience and qualified people. There are also specific events/sessions for apprentices designed to help the transition from school to work.

I enjoy my programme quite a lot, in part this is due to the pacing - as I have gained confidence and experience the expectations have also increased but this is very manageable. The only drawback is that from working at home its fair to say you do not get the full experience but this is something that has to be expected and will hopefully be resolved in time.

The programme is structed very well, when we started we were given a roadmap as to what we can expect over the coming years. The provider also has regular sessions with us to check in on things. The exams we take are also well spaced out, giving us ample time to prepare for them.

EY provide lots of support when it comes to the apprenticeship, we have a range of mentors from at different levels of seniority each providing unique perspectives. Through conversations with these mentors we also have the ability to take our experience in new directions and can be considered for additional roles/responsibilities. We are also given extra time off to prepare for exams.

We receive a lot of support from our training provider when working towards our qualifications, although much of the studying is done independently we also have sessions with a tutor where we go over what has been learnt and can look at things in more depth/ask questions. There are also regular reviews where we go through and check what is required for the qualification outside of exams.

The qualifications we work towards are helpful as they give an insight into the specifics behind the projects we are involved with, this means you can approach your work with a new perspective. However not everything you cover will be relevant to your speific role but are useful to know when working in the industry as a whole.

There are a range of extra-circular activities that are going on. With Covid they play less of a role than usual but there are various sports teams you can play in or societies for different cultures or religions for example. Within the team there also more specific events that occur throughout the year which offer a chance to get to know your colleagues in ways you wouldn't normally.

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Making the jump from school to the workplace is a big step, especially considering most young people chose to go to university. However I have found that EY supported the process very well. Further working at EY has provided opportunities that other firms may not have, the projects involve high profile clients and your colleagues are very experienced.

The advice I would give to someone applying at EY would be to ensure that really they understand what line of work they are applying for and research what they can expect from it, this can be done by reading the experiences of people who have already been on the course. Knowing this information will prove useful when it comes to applying and going through the recruitment process as well as making sure the role is something you really want to do.