Treasury Services QA Review

I felt that the placement was very well organised. There was so much to do outside of my usual role e.g. presentations & networking events which enabled me to get a really good overview of the company and make some good contacts.

Everyone that I spoke to was very friendly & helpful, and I felt especially valued by the colleagues in my team.

Being assigned a manager, a mentor and a graduate 'buddy' meant the support that I received was brilliant, and there was someone that I could go to for every problem.

As long as you are pro-active and keep asking or suggesting tasks to do, you will be busy. Any time in which I wasn't doing my usual role, I was shadowing other roles or attending relevant presentations.

I felt that as I improved in my skill, I was given more responsibility. From day one, I was given a task which was completely my own for the whole time I was there, making me feel valued and responsible right from the beginning.

I feel that a lot of the training and the skills learnt will help me in a business environment in the future, and the time management and organisational skills will help me carry on with my degree studies.

I was lucky in that I was placed in a very laid back, but hard working fun team. There was often joking around the team which helped to lighten the mood.

The placement was very well set up, from the 3 day intensive training at the beginning up to the support and guidance received throughout.

They very much encouraged work shadowing and finding out about the organisation over the time I was there. We were provided with 3 day training at the beginning and then online training throughout the 11 weeks.

With the 11 week internship, they offer you a possible place on the graduate scheme at the end of your time there, so it's a very good way to secure a graduate job.

Both the interns and my team often socialised and there were plenty of HR organised intern events for us, including barbeques and end of internship parties.

I can't comment on the cost of living as I lived at home, but socialising was average prices on a weekend, and there were also student evenings during the week which were cheaper.

The nightlife in Bournemouth is good, being a student town anyway, with plenty of different places to go from pubs to bars and clubs.

There were plenty of nights out and other social events organised by interns e.g. bowling etc, there is a lot to do around the area including the beach nearby!