TAL Australia
2022 Business Graduate - Individual Life (Feb 2022)
Sydney, Melbourne, Sydney, Melbourne, Must spend at least two days per week in the office (pending restrictions lifting)
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- 1 vacancy
- Apply by 8 Oct 2021
- Start date 6 Feb 2022
As a Business Graduate
The Individual Life teams are led by Chief Commercial Officer, Tim Thorne, and covers core functions such as sales, marketing, product design, underwriting and channel distribution. The teams work across various distribution channels serving the customers of Direct and Retail.
Together, the teams play a significant role in delivering TAL's values and partner with our customers to ensure that the choices, options and freedoms that matter to them are protected.
You will join our Individual Life teams, which are committed towards providing insurance that meets the needs of everyday Australians while ensuring that we continue to be there for our customers and partners when they need us most.
It's an exciting time to join – Individual Life is working on significant projects that will shape the future of work; your passion for the future of the industry will lend well to these opportunities. This includes, though is not limited to regulatory change, product design, operations, sales and education.
Throughout the two-year program, you will have flexible rotations in our teams, in addition to one area outside your discipline. Rotations include the opportunity to work in one of our Sales channels, Marketing, Product Design and Operations. We will work closely with you to tailor your rotations to your preferred business units while ensuring you are given a well-rounded background of the business.
As part of your role, you will have regular contact with: Sales, Partnerships, Product, Marketing and Business Unit Heads. Externally, your role may work with key external partners such as Licensees and Marketing partners.
About the opportunity
We're looking for future leaders who want to bring their passion and skills to a business that makes a real difference to the lives of Australians. At TAL, there's no limit to where your career can go. We're excited to have opportunities available for Business Graduates to join us in 2022. These highly sought-after positions will work alongside industry thought leaders with support from dedicated sponsors, buddies and career managers.
We invest heavily in your development.
The TAL graduate program has been designed to challenge our graduates by immersing them in our business teams as well as offering experience in other areas of our business. Throughout the two-year program you will receive:
- Flexible rotations across 4 different teams, including one area outside your selected discipline
- Ongoing professional development support and study days
- An award-winning formal graduate development program
- Exposure to mentors and buddy programs to support your development
- Networking opportunities with senior leaders
- 'Meet our Customer' days
- Bespoke career advice and pathway support
- We're selective for a very good reason
When it comes to choosing graduates for our program, we're highly selective. That's because we see it as a chance to find the future leaders of our business. We're looking for graduates who have:
- a strong academic track record (distinction average or above) in a discipline such as Commerce, Business, Economics, Arts
- a strong desire to work in the life insurance industry
- a well-rounded background with experience across the community and/or extra-curricular activities
- effective communication skills
- a curious mind and a willingness to learn
- an interest in a role that not only embraces analytical skills but is also customer-focused
- leadership qualities developed through university, work experience and/or extracurricular activities
- initiative and drive, and work well both individually and in a team environment
- completed or are due to complete undergraduate or post-graduate studies by the end of 2021, and
- a desire to help Australians make the most of their life.
The TAL Graduate Program will show you the difference you can make to our business and the lives of millions of Australians.
How to apply:
Please submit your application via our Careers portal including the following documents:
- Resume and Cover letter
- Current academic transcript
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Work Visa (All Other) +more
- Business & Management +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
My day to day mainly includes working on innovation/engineering/uplift projects, up until recently.
Market research, evaluating strategic ambitions, building presentations, storylines and narratives.
The day-to-day responsibilities vary in each rotation. From my experience, most of the week is spent working on a project that the team has prioritised, while also spending some time on a task on another project. I also try to find at least a few hours each week to prioritise my professional development as a way to upskill.
About the employer
TAL Australia
4.3
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Banking & Financial Services
Here at TAL we look for graduates who want to bring their passion and skills to a business that makes a real difference to the lives of Australians.
Pros and cons of working at TAL Australia
Pros
The culture in the company is good. Everyone is nice and willing to help each other.
Very flexible. 9-5 working hours expected in general.
The people at TAL are always supportive and ready to give great opportunities to Graduates.
The opportunity to work across multiple business functions.
Great facilities, modern and clean - free coffee, fruit and other snacks provided. Free Gym.
Cons
Getting access to required software and the processes for requesting them can feel daunting as they can take an extremely long time.
Because the culture at TAL is great, often there is less movement here...more competition for internal promotions.
The lack of experience and context around regulatory frameworks, terminology, and technical knowledge is an ongoing challenge and maybe difficult to gauge what is going on without understanding everything.
Our company moved from 2 days in, 3 days remote setup to a 3 "team days" in a mandated system with 2 days remote”
Strict Cyber Regulations/Policies