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Rating
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The Role
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The Company
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The Culture
- 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?
- 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?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 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?
The Role
Exciting, fun and the best learning experience i have had from this role.
The atmosphere is very comfortable, and i was welcomed from day one, taken out for lunch and felt like i have been apart of the team for many years.
I was always comfortable in approaching my line manager for guidance and further if i had any issues, i was confident in approching anyone as everyone helped me when it was required.
I was always busy, as i was involved in more activities. At the begining i was only suppose to do a project which was suppose to last for the duration of my internship, however because i completed the project early, i was able to get invovled with more projects and task inside the company, such as meetings, budgeting and costing.
I was given a free role as in i was able to help anyone within my team, for example: if i had completed my tasks, imwas able to get invovled with other members in helping them do there task which was pending for about six months.
I believe this has been the best learning experience i have gained as this was my first proper office role. With the degree i studied, i was able to utilise all the material i studied and put that to practice within the organisation (DK). I was able to develop my personal skills, such as communicating, presenting and able to adapt to different situations in my tasks.
The Company
I believe the atmosphere was exciting, fun and always good to work in. I was able to do my work without any pressure of completing it within the deadline and was apart of a fun and exciting team.
It was well organised because i always had tasks or projects to get involved in, i was able to express my ability to work and further take part in regular meetings.
At first because it was an internship, i thought the company are just going to provide me with basic tasks, however it was amazing that the company invested in me heavily, in terms of certain softwares which i could not access until the company had paid a fee to provide me with a log in, they paid a fee to ensure i can complete various tasks without the need of using someone elses deatils. I was able to do tasks and answer to emails with enquires so that it would reduce workload of other members of my team.
Sports and Social Club
Company Parties/Events
I am about to complete my internship within the next week or so, and it has been an amazing time. I was recently offered a job on a temporary basis as a financial analyst within the organisation (DK) in there finance team until christmas. Currently they want me to extend my stay as they have been impressed with my ability to handle all tasks, getting invloved in there daily activities, doing presentations and taking part in meetings. At first i thought i would not get the opportunity, but after speaking to my line manager, maybe after christmas the prospects of getting a permenant employment look very high.
The Culture
I started really late in this internship programme, therefore at first i was not able to meet any of the other students on this progamme. After speaking to Abu and Dele was managed this programme, i as able to meet and take part in social events organised by them. It was fun and really nice to meet new people and believe i have made friends working in this company.
I would say average because it could be high as i was in central, but you can find cheaper items after abit of research.
We had people coming over for speechs, all of us student met up for dinner, drinks or lunch.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
London
August 2011