{"id":2057,"date":"2008-10-09T13:18:18","date_gmt":"2008-10-09T12:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/?p=2057"},"modified":"2008-10-09T13:18:18","modified_gmt":"2008-10-09T12:18:18","slug":"pwc-getting-the-best-out-of-bar-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/pwc-getting-the-best-out-of-bar-work\/","title":{"rendered":"PwC: getting the best out of bar work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pqRight\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/pwc-employability.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/pwc-employability-300.jpg\" alt=\"PwC employability\" title=\"PwC employability\" width=\"280\" height=\"198\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 280\/198;\"><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwc.com\">PwC<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I love autumn: crisp cool days, bright skies, leaves turning to gold, the start of the academic year (clean paper, sharp pencils) &#8230; and the launch of the graduate careers sites.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, its that time again.  Among others, PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have relaunched their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwc.com\/uk\/eng\/careers\/main\/index.html\">careers site<\/a> and their <a href=\"http:\/\/pwc.blogs.com\/pwcpeople\/\">blogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>PwC, who always have interesting features on their site, seem to have restructured their graduate site a bit.  Of particular note is the page dedicated to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwc.com\/uk\/eng\/car-inexp\/student\/interact.html\">interaction<\/a>, which offers podcasts, careers events alerts and live chat with a recruiter &#8211; virtually instantly, with no booking required.  These are all ways to keep potential recruits informed and up to date.<\/p>\n<p>Other great features include lots of detail about their offices, including local house prices, which will be of great interest to people needing to move to a new location, and entertaining short videos examining how the experience gained through the usual kind of student jobs &#8211; bar, shop, and restaurant work, charity work and even sports teams &#8211; improves employability, and, in particular, how this might translate to working with PwC.<\/p>\n<p>Now, this Employability feature is unusual and I think it has a lot of value &#8211; and not only to those considering employment with PwC. It will certainly help with answering some of those tricky interview questions &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PwC I love autumn: crisp cool days, bright skies, leaves turning to gold, the start of the academic year (clean paper, sharp pencils) &#8230; and the launch of the graduate careers sites. Yes, its that time again. Among others, PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have relaunched their careers site and their blogs. 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