Placement Year Details
- Job Title: Assistant Buyer
- Start Date: 2009
- Length: Placement Year (10 Months+)
- Location: Yorkshire and Humberside
- Salary: Less than £10,000
- Roles: Fashion
- Reviewer’s Course: Fashion Design With Manufacture Marketing And Promotion
- Reviewer’s University: University of Huddersfield
- Review Date:
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Job Title: Assistant Buyer
Overall Rated 7.3
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
The Role
- Role Description
Forecasting up and coming trends, finding new brands, getting in touch with new brand suppliers, liaising with current suppliers, visiting showrooms and tradeshows, putting together order forms, filling in account forms, arranging payments and contract terms, being aware of what other competitors were stocking, and what the consumer wanted and would purchase.
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
The Organisation
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
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- Staff Sales/Staff Shop
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
Other Information
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
- In addition to these questions, is there any extra information you would like to leave about your experiences on your work placement that other students may be interested in?
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Worth doing, purely for experience.
Review 2/7 for Other
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