Pension Actuarial Summer Student Review

Item: Pension Actuarial Summer Student at Lane Clark & Peacock
Rating: 4.8
Author: Anonymous

at Lane Clark & Peacock

Internship (1 Month+)

Actuary

Winchester

Review Submitted: August 2023

Overall Rating

4.8 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

4/5 - Overview of Role

4.8/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

You do real-life client work given by colleagues from the actuary department. The job can vary a lot from going through spreadsheets, producing reports, individual cases. Overall, you do not have to worry about getting bored because the work is never the same.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

They let you do real-life client work and all the work will always be well-explained to you. Everyone is friendly and always encourage you to ask questions. Work will be checked and reviewed and you will be given feedback on the work you have done which I find it very useful.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

4/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Learnt a lot of basic pension knowledge and definitely improved my excel skill a lot. Developed my communication skill as well from daily interactions with colleagues.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

4/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

You will get a buddy who you can always approach to for any questions you have, but everyone else is very friendly to help you as well. Trainings are given in the first two weeks for average 3 hours daily to help you with company's software and basic knowledge. Overall, the support system here is amazing.

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

5/5

How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

General atmosphere is quite relax given you have control on how to arrange your time as long as you finish your work on time. There are weekly workload update as well so you can ask for help/give help when it is too overwhelming for you/someone else.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

5/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

4/5

How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

It was a fulfilling one and definitely learnt a lot. You got a taste of life working as a long time employee and knew work you will be involved in. People here are friendly and supportive so it's easy to ask for help when needed. Overall experience was great.