Webinar: The challenges for students in the new work-from-home environment
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This webinar is aimed at employers/managers and students.
This event will be run as a live webinar using Zoom. Click here for information on using Zoom.
Since March 2020 we have all adapted to a remote working environment, whilst dealing with the other challenges of the pandemic – childcare, caring for elderly relatives, unsuitable conditions for home-working. This has been a challenge for all.
As the vaccines are rolled out and offices begin to re-open, many companies will be returning to a hybrid working environment, with a mix of office-based and remote working.
The purpose of this session will be to share experiences ideas and raise awareness of the particular needs of students in the remote working environment. The session is aimed at both students and their employers/managers.
Maura Holton of PwC’s HR department will share her experiences of the challenge of managing an influx of over 100 accounting trainees in the middle of the pandemic – what went well, what went not so well, what they learned from the experience and what they would do differently.
Ciara Izuchukwu of Hannover Re will share her experiences as a student in the pandemic.
Caroline Twomey of Deloitte will give the actuarial employer’s perspective.
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Maura Holton
Maura is a Senior Manager in PwC's Human Resources function where she provides HR Business Partnering support to the Tax, Assurance and Advisory business areas. Maura has over 25 years experience in the Human Resources field, with the last 14 years in the professional services environment and prior to this her HR experience was in the pharmaceutical, retail and IT industry. Maura holds a B. Sc (Management) and is a Chartered Member of CIPD.
Ciara Izuchukwu
Ciara is an Actuarial Analyst with Hannover Re. Ciara is from Tuallmore, Co. Offaly and graduated from DCU after studying Actuarial Mathematics in 2019. Ciara joined Hannover Reinsurance in September 2019 as an actuarial analyst on the risk management and P&C actuarial team as part of the IAGP (International actuarial graduate program). As part of this program, Ciara started with Hannover Re Bermuda for her secondment (almost) one month ago.
Caroline Twomey
Caroline is a qualified Actuary with over 15 years’ experience in the life and pensions industry in the UK, Ireland and Canada. She is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (UK) and the Society of Actuaries in Ireland. She is a member (and former Chair) of the Demography Committee of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland, the excess mortality workstream lead for the SAI COVID-19 Action Group, a member of the CMI Annuities Committee and an exam counsellor for communications (CP3).