What is Discover Your Deloitte?
Deloitte recognises that individuals from diverse groups, and particularly those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, are severely under-represented in the Professional Services sector. To address the disproportionate challenges they face, Deloitte is delighted to be running a new initiative in partnership with Bright Network designed to give these students the chance to gain new skills and knowledge and most importantly the confidence to realise their potential and start a successful career in the professional services sector and beyond.
If accepted on to the programme, you will be offered in-depth coaching and support to help you realise your full potential. This will be provided across a variety of formats, including group coaching sessions and signposting to relevant upskilling tools and material with an aim to:
- Debunk and demystify industry stereotypes and jargon, giving you the “inside” knowledge that is traditionally gained through personal networks of the more privileged, breaking industry barriers
- Provide a safe space for you to ask perceived silly questions you might not want to ask employers directly
- Alleviate the stress and anxiety of applying to roles and stepping into the world of work for the first time
You will develop transferable soft skills and commercial awareness, as well as a deep dive into the Spring into Deloitte application & assessment process. We'll also give you a unique application link for your Spring into Deloitte application so we're able to see how you get on and offer you support at the right moments.
Who is Discover Your Deloitte for?
The programme is designed to support those from lower socio-economic backgrounds and so you must meet the below criteria to be eligible:
- A first year undergraduate student, or in your second year of a four year degree, at a UK university
- You did not attend a fee-paying school at any point between the ages of 4-18 (unless on a paid scholarship basis) AND;
- You meet one or more of the diversity requirements below:
- You were eligible for free school meals (within the UK) at any point between the ages of 5-16
- You consider yourself to have a disability or other long-term health condition
- You have grown up in a household where no parent/guardian attended university
- The occupational classification of your parent(s)/guardian(s) when you were 14 was working class or long-term unemployed (or similar)
- You attended a non-selective school (e.g. a state school or academy)
- You have been, or are currently, in local authority care
- You are, or have been, a full-time or part-time carer
- You came to the UK as a refugee or asylum seeker
- You have another form of social/economic disadvantage not listed above (please provide details in your application)
If you don't meet the required criteria for this initiative, Deloitte would still welcome your application to their programmes directly. Click here to see their other opportunities.
How will the programme work?
To join the programme please click ‘Apply’ below where you will be taken through a short application form to ensure you are eligible. There are no written application questions or any other qualitative assessments you need to complete.
Once you have been accepted onto Discover Your Deloitte you will receive the details of how to access the coaching webinars and materials as well as a unique application URL to use to apply to Spring Into Deloitte directly (please do not apply directly to Deloitte).