The Sixth Formers' Guide to Degree Apprenticeships

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has lots of information and practice tests to help people prepare for our recruitment process,” reassures McCafferty. “It doesn’t matter where you come from, who you know, or who you’ve had the opportunity to speak to – we provide everyone with the same resources so they can be successful during selection.” The Brightstart apprenticeship programme takes around four years for school-leavers to complete. “We deliberately stretch out

university,” says Lauren McCafferty, Director of Early Careers at Deloitte. The firm’s ‘Brightstart’ programme for school- leavers is a level 7 apprenticeship in Deloitte’s audit & assurance, tax and legal businesses. It also offers degree apprenticeships in its technology and transformation division. “We do everything we can to enable sixth-form students to understand what a professional services firm like Deloitte does,” McCafferty explained. “In its simplest terms, we help businesses to be better at what they do and have confidence in what they do, through the breadth of services and expertise we offer.” The firm has created an online ‘Discover your Path’ tool, to help sixth form students navigate the different opportunities at the firm. “It asks questions about what they like to do and then makes recommendations about the individual areas of work that might align with their interests and skills,” describes McCafferty. Deloitte doesn’t look for applicants who’ve had previous work experience or prior knowledge of accountancy. “The ‘candidate zone’ on our website

You can be incredibly successful in business through an apprenticeship

the professional exams, so that apprentices don’t sit too many at the same time,” explains McCafferty. “It gives them a bit more space for learning than on our graduate programmes.”

Deloitte has recently celebrated its first Brightstart recruit reaching partner, one of the most-senior levels within the firm. “It shows you can be incredibly successful in business through an apprenticeship,” McCafferty enthuses. “A real benefit of Deloitte is we’re a training business and we’re built to enable that”, she concludes. “We bring in large groups of early talent each year and have done for decades. It’s a great place to come for the first step in your career.”

30 Degree Apprenticeships

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