Human Resource Advisor Review
by Vauxhall
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
4.4
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The Company
3.6
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The Culture
4.0
- 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
PLEASE NOTE: This review was for a placement at General Motors prior to the amalgamation of Vauxhall and General Motors (The RateMyPlacement Team) Excellent Job, Learn a lot, gains lots of experience in a variety of fields, very high demanding workload
Felt like key member of team, became subject expert in two fields, so lots of responsibility, praise and criticism was given when due. I worked with a fun group of people, who were experts in HR.
Excellent support, mentoring scheme, good colleagues to guide every step of the way!
Extremely high workload and multi-tasking, kept busy through full working day, plus had to put in additional hours. But was in all spirit of the placement, so was good not bad. Hence good rating. Plus it was better too be busy than to be bored.
Undergraduate project (10 undergraduates) together we planned and executed a public open day (5000 attendees), monthly reports for Plant Director, planned and ran assessment centre's for undergraduate recruitment, including the leading of interviews. Had responsibility of my own job and if I wasn't there to do it, someone would need to be employed to do it. Real Job!!!
Organisation Highly increased as well as workload management, more drive to achieve higher marks, can apply self a lot more.
The Company
Great people to work with, open planned office environment. Fun stopped when neccessary and when workload was intense.
Good scheme gets you involved and on your feet from the word go, you run the show, which means you also need to be proactive with your placement side (mainly documentation).
Lots of training available, all microsoft packagaes, Target selection interview training, recruitment software, GM related training, plus an academy with wide selection of training available.
Sports and Social Club
National Travel
Company Parties/Events
Staff Sales/Staff Shop
Healthcare from home
Hard to comment, no opportunities for me at the moment, but opportunities for future undergraduates.
The Culture
Over 80 undergraduates, enough said!
Cheap place to live and socialise apart from rent was a bit high, but not overly expensive.
Opportunities available, however better locations were outside the area, but accessible.
Work football was available, but not an offical "out of office" work activity, most activities were organised by yourself or other undergraduates, however there are plenty of undergraduates to have something always on. Few work outings throughout the year for meals.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Scotland
October 2008
