Marketing Business Placement Student Review

by PwC

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Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Provide support on marketing deliverables for the firm. These include: Emails Social Media Web development


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Certainly. Alongside specific marketing software skills such as Salesforce, Marketing Cloud or LinkedIn campaign manager, the soft skill of stakeholder management was most tested and improved.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Certainly - you are treated like any member of the team and are accountable for the things which you are responsible for.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Plenty. PwC provide both a buddy and a line manager alongside general support from other staff members.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Fantastic. It is very much a people-oriented culture with a focus on autonomy and trust.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • To a great extent. Not only the work itself was enriching but the opportunities to participate in the PwC social mobility initiatives was my favourite part.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at PwC
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend PwC to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to PwC
  • Familiarise oneself with the PwC professional framework.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Marketing

West Midlands

June 2021


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