Digital Content Specialist Review

by Lloyds Banking Group

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Rating

4.3/5
  • The Role
    4.1
  • The Company
    4.2
  • The Culture
    4.6

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunities to network and develop that my placement offered. I got to work cross functionally and quite closely with stakeholders.

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • I felt like I was making a big impact and helping reduce my colleagues workloads.

    4/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • My whole team have been extremely supportive of me since day 1. As many of them work from home often, they ensure that there is always someone about in the office to answer any questions I have. Despite being incredibly busy, each and every one of them is happy to spare a bit of their time to support my development and train me. Specifically, my line manager has ensured this support is consistent from team members and is always willing to have a catch-up with me. He’s also encouraged my wider development by agreeing for me to shadow other departments and ultimately get a broader understanding of the business.

    5/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • Some days I didn't look at the clock once as I was so busy and enjoying getting stuck into work, however other days I didn't have any jobs assigned to me so the days were slower. After a few weeks I realised the importance of asking for more work and since then I have been fairly busy every day.

    4/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Making website changes on sites that get almost 1,000,000 views a day is a lot of responsibility!

    5/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Working in a business environment is something you cannot learn at school or university. The main skill I have developed is learning to adapt my appraoch depending on the person I am reaching out to and understanding that different stakeholders work differently.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • It was a lot more relaxed than I expected it to be. People are always willing to help out and answer all of my questions.

    4/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • There wasn't much structure to my personal placement, apart from one specific project that my manager set me. The wider placement in terms of the intern challenges was organised fairly well.

    4/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • I didn't do any training courses which I understand may not have been neccessary for only 10 weeks anyway, but many colleagues put in a lot of time and effort to support my development. Also, there was lots of opportunities to travel to London and meet my colleagues down there.

    5/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Flexi Time

    Subsidised Canteen

    Subsidised/Company Gym

    National Travel

    Company Parties/Events
    4/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Extremely. The graduate schemes are great and I have heard positive feedback about them. There is a solid referral process in place to ensure interns have the opportunity to get onto the grad schemes if they perform well enough.

    5/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • Yes we all arranged social events on a regular basis.

    5/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Lloyds paid for our accomodation which was extremely beneficial.

    5/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Working in Halifax wasn't great but we live in Leeds so the nightlife there is great

    5/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • Yes such as a day to make a different helping to refurb a local school

    4/5
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Internship (1 Month+)

Yorkshire and Humberside

August 2016

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