Project Everest Ventures Reviews

There isn't a huge scope of where I can move to increase my role capacity nor for other roles in different organisations. Especially considering my university background in engineering. However, I knew that walking into it and am doing this because of personal interest.

While our projects that we operate in overseas are focused on social impact, we run few workshops in Australia itself around these issues when we have such a large and knowledgeable alumni base who are passionate.

Each morning the team runs through their most important and medium tasks, as well as if there is anything another team member can run through. The team often has lunch together in the kitchen. When benchmarks are reached a gong is rung in the office and it's celebrated. There is often excited voices chatting about what they have achieved that day. The team often does drinks on Friday night, participates in lunch time netball and sometimes has dinner together. At the bottom of the corporate culture is that team members are more than colleagues.

We have some incredible people who work within our organisation who consistently push everyone to be not only aware but also active in the multitude of issues surrounding diversity. We still have various ways in which we can improve but we are always pushing ourselves to improve. Unfortunately, not a lot due to the large cost barrier to be able to go through our higher level pathways.

The overarching role is to deliver leadership training in both teams and senior capacities for groups of students up to 35 people per session. As well, deliver on business development methodologies. On a day to day basis, I will organise the logistics surrounding these events, modify various scenarios, improve operations during in-country and research other ways to ensure our students are prepared for the workforce.

I've been able to set performance reviews with my manager at a frequency that I feel is right for me, ensuring that I make sure I'm nailing my KPIs and the expectations. The support that my manager and colleagues have is unmatched, even to the point of looking for any other opportunities to supplement my skillset as a designer/digital marketer. This said, we're not a company that gives out participation certificates or does any handholding, which makes the wins even sweeter when we get them.

The Adelaide office suits its purposes very well, except we often feel uncomfortable because the co-working space is so quiet and we are loud. It also doesn't allow our team to get much bigger because the next space up is too expensive.

The recruitment process for an overseas internship compared to the process for an internal graduate role are actually a bit different. For an internship, we have an online application and screening process, with an interview assessment following that. Depending on the role, with a grad position there are a series of interviews with different members of the business including role-specific aptitude tests and often a casual presentation about what you could bring to the position and how you would implement these changes. As this was the first time my role had been created, the questions were predominantly based upon what kinds of tasks I felt were my strengths and weaknesses, and how I envisioned the role changing and growing over time. My tip is to make sure that you know the social enterprise/start up space as best you can, as well as how you see yourself fitting into the role. We look for a cultural fit as much as someone who is great at what they do, so try to learn what you can about Project Everest beforehand and ask questions of us to make us think!

Given the early nature of the company, I don't expect much more than what I am getting. Would love to see the growth of the company allow for higher initial wages to incentivise people to work for us without needing a strong passion for our work. Unlimited leave (unpaid) as long as it isn't during the most important times of the year.

Fantastic training which is what led me to work in this department and upscale it even more. Unlike anything, I have ever seen. From moving from participating in their training to developing their training I have also been mentored effortlessly on how to actually develop the training.

Given my remote nature, as long as I complete the number of required hours and anything that is time sensitive I am aware of and complete on time then I have a huge amount of freedom.

We're hyper-aware of our environmental and social footprint, both in Australia and overseas, and we do opt for taking steps towards minimising this where we can.