Women in Business (1st Year), HR-Student Recruitment, Manchester, 2020

Job description

 Women in Business
Find out what it takes to make it to the very top of PwC from the perspective of one of our female leaders. Gain insight into what we do day‑to‑day, by partnering with an associate who’s on our current training scheme and experience working life with us
Open to all, regardless of gender, this programme is to inspire and support students seeking an experience in professional services, and is part of our continued commitment to improve our female representation by showcasing some of our inspiring female leaders. The programme focuses on supporting you through our application process, developing skills and provides an insight into the opportunities available at PwC.
What you’ll do
During this three-day paid placement, you’ll work closely with a variety of people at all grades to learn what it's like to work at PwC, experiencing first hand the nature of the work that we do.

You’ll choose which office you'd like to come to and which area of the business you're interested in. You’ll spend time with lots of different people, from graduates to senior leaders, attending meetings and working with our clients and teams to get real exposure to our business. Our Women in Business programme is available nationally and the opportunities will be running over the Easter and summer holidays (restrictions for some areas).

You should also have done plenty of research into the area of PwC you'd like to join. We strongly advise you to apply for the business area and office that interests you the most as any subsequent offers will be made for this area only.

Student Recruitment Team
Working within the Student Recruitment team you’ll provide excellent administrative and operational support to the team, with a particular focus on ensuring a positive experience for all candidates applying to the organisation.

What you’ll do
• Ensure all candidates receive prompt feedback and appropriate guidance during the selection process
• Liaise with assessors to help ensure prompt decision making and the completion of assessment records
• Maintain various reports relating to recruits and joiners to the firm and produce analysis of such information when requested
• Working with HCCS to identify and escalate shortages of interviewer, assessor or ambassador availability from the business and escalate to the appropriate recruiter within the team
• Plan and host Career Focus days.
• Organise logistics for student recruitment attraction events
• Attend a number of recruitment attraction events, with some evening and occasional weekends
• Process invoice payment requests appropriately
• Ownership of recruitment application pipelines.

Joining dates
The available dates to take part in the programme can be found on the Women in Business home page.

What you’ll need
● You’ll need to be on course for a 2.1 degree or above in any subject
● We determine whether you're on course for a 2.1 based on the grades you achieved in your last completed year of academic study
● You'll need to be a first-year undergraduate university student on a four-year degree expecting to do a placement year in your third year (starting summer 2021)

Job ID

42465BR
Location

Manchester
Programme Type

Student
Line of Service

Internal Firm Services
About Us

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Intake Year

2020
Start season

Spring
Entry Route

Women in business (first year students)
Entry Route Group

Diversity in business
Local Region

North Region