Travel Researcher CTR Team Review

by City Travel Review

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Rating

4.5/5
  • About You
    4.6
  • The Company
    4.3
  • Everything Else
    4.5

    About You

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?

    • I enjoyed it alot. Was something different. Was mix of a gap working programme. I feel I learnt heaps!

    5/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?

    • The team atmosphere and environment generally was good throughout the period.

    5/5
  • 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?

    • A mix of personalities and characters. Personally I felt well supported and got the feel of the structure of the project early on.

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

    • I believe my skills developed throughout the project and i was able to use many of my soft skills throughout the experience.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • There was a general structure we received at the orientation meeting on the first day. This stayed similar over the month period I was there. We had a little flexibility also during some days.

    4/5
  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?

    • Top! There was a good vibe in the team!

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

    • There was as much support as most required. This worked though in terms of how each member was involved though.

    4/5
  • 8. To what extent did the insight help you to understand what it would be like to have a full time role with the company or firm?

    • Quite a bit. We got to see a little behind the scenes and heard background stories and history of staff members and how they got to work the educational/travel industry.

    5/5
  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?

    • The company culture was fairly laid back although it was also about focussing finely on some details and although was fairly relaxed we also were there to do a job.

    4/5
  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?

    • I am still not entirely sure what I want to end up doing but the experience did give me a great insight into many differing areas

    5/5

    Everything Else

  • 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?

  • 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?

    • yes- we had what they called project related activities that took place each week. We were encouraged to network frequently when these took place.

    5/5
  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?

    • Plenty and usually we had quite a bit of free time also we could allocate for this.

    5/5
  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?

    • yes at the orientation meeting

    4/5
  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?

    • yes I would recommend if you want to learn a language be involved in a working team and to have an experience that is not the usual norm.

    5/5
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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Advertising, Education/Teaching, Journalism & Publishing

International

November 2017

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