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Louise - Assurance

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I am currently in the Dublin office at the moment on training. Every year we go to training to prepare us for the next level of responsibility and audit work which we will have to perform during the upcoming year. The training lasts for two weeks and it is a nice change from the usual day to day. The trainers are from PwC and have worked on the various areas that they are training us on, so there is a lot of practical knowledge to be gained.

PwC put us up in apartments near Spencer Dock when we have to travel up for training or work. This makes things a lot easier as we don’t have to try and organise accommodation as well as having to travel up and get our work completed. Often times there are a few of us travelling up from the south east and as we usually stay in the same area it can be a bit of fun without the pressures of tough jobs. It can also be a good chance to catch up with people from other PwC offices.

However it’s important that you get your work completed before attending training as it can be a lot of hassle trying to tidy things up whilst up here. Also it creates a lot of problems for people back in the office trying to follow up on things for you.

Prior to attending training, I had been working on the planning area of a number of jobs. This is usually the time of year for this kind of work as we try and get these areas completed before going out on the client’s site. It gives us a chance to start to request items from the client, especially with a lot of large jobs it can take time to get the necessary information.

I’ll be back in the office after my two weeks training and then I’ll be getting started on some tougher jobs to keep me busy up until Christmas.

Philip - Assurance

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Hi,

So just thought I could give you a quick update of my progress since my last blog. Last time I was talking to you I was rolling off my last client and onto a new one. The work on this new client is again performed out of the office so it gives me the chance to learn about a different type of business, a new office culture and different types of business practices. I feel these types of new experiences will help me develop going forward.

Last week was the annual PwC table quiz in the Mansion House, Dublin, put on by the Social Committee. This is my second year attending it. Both years it’s been a great laugh and I’ve had a lot of fun. It gives you the chance to see some of your colleagues and friends from other departments who you may not have seen for a while. Unfortunately my table wasn’t too successful in the quiz but there is always next year I guess!

Finally this week the new Associates coming have begun their training. They will be joining the various departments in the next few weeks so it’s a great opportunity to meet some new people and give them the same welcoming that we got. Its strange thinking that just a year ago I was in their position starting off; the last year has flown by!

Well that’s all for now. Talk to you soon.

Evie - Advisory

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Hi Everyone,

From my last post, I was telling you that I was back in the office, just an example of how quickly things can change I am now out on a client site until the end of February. Variety was one of the things that attracted me to Consultancy, so as you can see I haven’t been disappointed!

The project I am working on is really interesting; it is with a large infrastructure management company in the CIPS sector. I have never worked with this type of client before so it is really fascinating learning the ins and outs of their organisation and operational processes. My role is project management support, which is where I support the project manager with project tasks such as, preparing status reports, presentations to the board of directors and assisting with the day to day administrative tasks that are needed to run the project. I also assist the project team, who are members of the client organisation.

In my previous blogs I spoke about the  internal projects I have been working on, I am still working on these but at a reduced level. This is handy as it keeps me involved in areas of the firm even though I am out of the office. I am also on the Advisory Consulting social committee, currently we are organising a night out for when the new graduates join us in October, we are going to test out their bowling skills!! PwC had a firm wide quiz last week in the Mansion House, it was good banter even though my team ended up on the lower end of the 80 odd teams!!

I know the graduate deadline is coming up so best of luck with it and everything in future.

-Evie