Work experience
We understand that making career decisions can be daunting, no matter how much good advice you get from family, friends, career advisors and teachers. Chartered Accounting can be a very rewarding career and we would like to help Year 10 and 11 students get a glimpse of the possibilities through our Work Experience program.
Our program
We have been very encouraged by the feedback received from both students and school career advisors about our program. We run it over 5 days and you will get experience on real projects under the guidance of qualified Chartered Accountants. You can be certain that we will not shut you away in a back room doing photocopying or archiving of dusty old files for the week (but there might be a bit of that too).
Our Work Experience program starts with you being introduced around the firm so that people know who you are so that they can assist you during your stay. You will then spend time in several of our teams including Taxation, Audit, Business Services and Administration. You will meet with managers and senior accountants alike. They will supervise you on real projects that will give you a taste of what Chartered Accounting holds in store.
Working with your school
We will liaise with your school’s Careers Advisor to ensure that your week with Saward Dawson is what they would require it to be. At the end of the week, we will sit with you to discuss your time here. We welcome your comments so that we might be able to improve the program for students in the following year.
We hope that, by the end of your time with us, you will decide that Chartered Accounting is the career that you would like to pursue.
If you wish to apply for work experience with Saward Dawson, please supply the following information:
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a letter of introduction that describes why you wish to do work experience with Saward Dawson |
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a brief accompanying resume describing your school curriculum and other school activities |
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demonstration of how you share our ethos and vision |