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Primary Contact

Hayley Warne 
careers@pitcher.com.au

  

 

 

The summer vacation program at Pitcher Partners is one of our most popular student programs. Each year students in their penultimate year apply to join the firm to gain 4-weeks of work-experience during the Uni summer holidays. This program provides students with a variety of experiences, including the opportunity to visit a client and undertake practical work with more senior staff members. Vacationers also learn how to use key software packages, are exposed to working in a corporate team and gain experience with time management.

 

Our Vacation Program has a career development focus. Vacationers undertake a number of technical and soft-skills training sessions, complete a challenging group project, attend a series of career information sessions and are actively involved in a number of networking events.

 

The top performing students during the Vacation program are often offered a position with the firm as a Graduate upon completion of their degree.

 

“I had never worked in an office environment before, so I didn’t really know what to expect before beginning my Vacation position. Friends of mine that had worked at one of the bigger firms had described a competitive, stressful and often overwhelming situation. However, this preconceived notion of the corporate world quickly dissolved as I immediately found the people of Pitchers welcoming, accommodating and genuinely willing to help. In regards to my expected workload, again I was not really sure. I found that I was forced to learn quickly, often doing things that I had never done before, but when I wasn’t sure, help was easy to find.” James (Vacationer – Risk Services)

 

Quotes from Vacationers –

"My time here at PP has been excellent…great people and environment! It was great to obtain client exposure which helped me to understand and apply some knowledge I had learned in university. The vacation program was developed really well and has definitely kept me busy over the past 4 weeks."

 

"The program has provided a good insight into the industry. I thought it was very beneficial in that we were able to meet a range of people from different divisions and gain a greater understanding of what goes on. The bonding activities as a vac group were invaluable. This made all of us feel welcome and not alone."

 

Applications for our 2010/11 Vacation Program close on Wednesday the 25th of August, 2010. To apply please upload your Resume, Cover letter and Academic transcript via the link from Current Vacancies when applications open.