HR Administrator Review

I really enjoyed my time at Bosch, my placement was everything I had hoped it to be. I was really able to get involved as a valued member of the team in a wide variety of topics.

I instantly felt like part of the team and from the onset was asked exactly what I wanted from my placement and how my team could help me achieve that.

There was always support and guidance available from my direct managers as well as many other colleagues. I knew that I could approach anyone if I had a problem.

My daily tasks always varied but due to the nature of the work we did in HR some weeks were a lot busier than others. This was, to begin with a weakness for me. However the support from the rest of the team made it possible and over time I was able to manage my time better and prepare for the busy periods.

From the beginning of my placement I was assigned topics an tasks that would solely be my responsibility and that if weren't completed correctly would affect the reputation of the company.

The placement has given me a real taster into full time work in a large business. It allowed me to see many aspects of business that I had read about and had lectures on first hand. My degree is very broad and spending 14 months in the HR department has confirmed my passion and drive to continue my studies in HR and aim for a career in, in the future.

Due to the nature of our work in HR we sat in a office solely for HR employees. The atmosphere in the office changed day to day depending on who was in. Some days it would be very quiet with managers out the office with meetings. The atmosphere was always great though, as a department everyone got on so well and were always happy to help each other.

I think the entire placement was well organised, we are given a great balance of support and free rein to allow us to really get out of the placement what we wanted. initially our predecessors stay on for 3-4 week period to provide us with a handover period to ensure all tasks are handed over and we are happy to complete tasks alone when they leave. All students are enrolled on a student program called build that helps us adjust to full time work which is very useful.

There was many training courses we could enrol on, all it required was a conversation with my manager and if she agreed it was beneficial to me I was able to do it.

Working for Bosch again in the future would be great and a real aim of mine!

There was over 100 students doing a placement along side me at Bosch so we had a great group of people our age.

Being close to London made going out and socialising expensive to me compared to where I am from.

Loads to do with easy access on tubes, buses and by foot.

We have a social club that has weekly activities to get involved in.