Retirement GB - Actuarial Review

Item: Retirement GB - Actuarial at WTW
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at WTW

Internship (1 Month+)

Actuary

London

Review Submitted: August 2021

Overall Rating

5 /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!

5/5 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - 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.

First few weeks were mainly filled with training tasks. Following weeks involved doing client work (e.g. calculating cash equivalent transfer values, helping with valuations, accounting). Research project presentations were the final task.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

The work you are given genuinely needs to be done - you do have some responsibility to do it. You are also given lots of instruction, and people are really helpful, so nothing to worry about. Having real responsibility makes it more interesting as well.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

5/5

Skills Development

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

Communication skills - important to be clear with the work you do so that people checking it can follow what you've done easily.
Teamwork - have to work with others a lot, so have definitely improved on this.
Time management - kept busy, so important to be able to prioritise tasks appropriately
Social - lots of social events, very social office - lots of fun!!

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?

5/5

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?

Loads of support. You get assigned a buddy when you start, who's responsibility it is to help you when you are stuck on anything. Everyone else around is really helpful as well - really nice work culture.