Marketing Assistant Review

I had the best year working at Janssen! It has been a great experience where I have developed so many skills and met so many amazing people.

You are valued as a true member of your team. Everybody is very friendly and welcoming.

You have regular catch-ups with your manager. My manager supported me greatly to ensure I got the most out of my year in terms of self development.

It varied day to day/ week to week. 90% of the time you are really busy with enaging taks but I did encounter quieter periods.

Great responsiblity from day 1!

J&J have a keen interest in learning and development. Throughout the year, I have participated in many training workshops, including personal selling skills, presentation skills, excel training.

Very friendly, relaxed vibes. I really did love the atmosphere in the office. Everybody even my collegues outside my immediate team were very welcoming and helpful.

The work placement was organised well. There was a meet and greet day in April, which was a change to meet your team and your fellow placement students. It also provided an opportunity to organise a house, There was also a two-week handover period which was really helpful. There is also training throughout the year to ensure you are comfortable in the role and an opportunity to develop new skills. However, out of the five marketing placement students, four of them had a change of managers which was slightly distruptive during the year.

The company invested heavily in training and developemt. - 2 day Presentation workshop - Excel training - Brand training - Janssen company training -Compliance Wire (Online training) -Proffessional selling skills training - Stand your ground training -CV workshop - NHS training

The company is highly appealing, it is such a great company to work for however this a major letdown of the placement scheme is there is no fast-track to the graduate scheme. It is highly disappointing and dishearting. There is also inconsistencies cross-sector and it seems it much easier to secure a graduate job in consumer.

The placement students were a very close group, at weekends and throughout the week, many activities were organised; including trips to London, nights out in different locations, dinner/cocktail dates e.t.c. Other collegues in the office would also get involved, including the graduates and permament members of staff of all ages.

As High Wycombe is located close-by to London, prices aren't the cheapest. Housing can be quite expensive also.

The nightlife in wycombe isn't great! There is a cocktail bar, an Oneils, weatherspoons and a Yates. It isn't the most glamorous but it is still fun. There is also a revolutions in Beaconsfield which is better. London is only a 25 minute train journey and there's opportunities to go out in London if a mini-bus in arranged.

There is many opportunities to get involved outside of work, there is a Janssen football and netbal club. There is also fundraising events that are organised.