CPD Intern Review

CPD - Men Expert - Great team culture in CPD, challenging and rewarding work. They throw you in the deep end, but that's what makes you learn & gain skills quickly.

As an intern it can be a bit tough at first but when you get more comfortable and can be more valuable after the initial months, you play a more integral part in the team. There are a few schemes you do not get included in, but that's to be expected.

As said before, you get thrown in at the deep end, it is up to you to find out how to do things and ask around, training is on the job so sometimes support can be lacking. But your line manager is usually there when you need them.

There are busy and stressful days. However, i was never bored as a result. Most days you did stay past 5 and usually ended at like 6 to get the work load done. Just had to manage the balance yourself.

after 4 months i was given my biggest project which where i was incharge of a £1.8M budget and tasked with a 50% YoY growth to overtake the nearest competitor, i led that project and was the main point of contact for people around the business. So it felt like a lot at times.

We shall see. But can imagine a lot in the marketing landscape.

A very bubbly and active place to work, there are open desks with no boxes, which makes it easy to chat to people around the business. The people in CPD have a work hard, play hard attitude which is good to get behind. With company organised social events the atmosphere is great to be around.

With the massive intern community/ intake, the managers are pretty well informed about the intern process. The HR team also set up 101 training to get you up to speed. Due to the quantity of interns, there isn't as much tailored training for specific roles, but they cover the majority of the basics.

You gain access to a lot of tools which you receive training for, including data analytics, Photoshop and reporting software. Not all of which are free. In addition to the cost to give you access they do give a lot of time for those who look for it. The manager's also ask what you want to get out of the placement so make sure that you make them aware.

The MT scheme (Previous grad role) is now completely internal, so that they only take interns for the scheme and do not open to external applicants. In addition, there have been some interns who have received full time job offers during their placement (although this is rare). But the prospects are good.

The main intern socials are well attended at the start, it really depends on the committee you have. They do set up a lot of events here and there with a wealth of activity. The CPD social committee also host the occasional event which is always a good turnout. But as their is so many interns, its easy to find a group to go out with.

London is expensive, rent is expensive, drinks are expensive, pretty much everything is. But you can make it work and still fit a night out on weekends, but do expect the costs to come bite you in the morning. Socialising is easy with so much to do in the city. I would recommend living in London, as its an experience that you usually can't do so easily for a year.

London nightlife is extensive once you search in the right places, Brixton, Camden, Shoreditch & Clapham all have a host of bars and clubs. But very expensive.

Its London, it has pretty much everything. Just google it.