Internal Communications Intern Review

by Oracle

Rating

4.1/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    3.8
  • Your Impressions
    3.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • Internal Communications for a larger team covering all of EMEA. I support the UK Country Leader and the Technology LOB writing, producing, and distributing communications in a variety of media.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • Communication and writen skills, confidence

  • 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

    • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • I was given a lot of responsibility as I was working in a small team - I was involved with lots of projects and was leading a few of these. All my tasks carry a lot of responsibility as I produce comms for stakeholders.

  • 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?

    • There are lots fo avenues for support - being virtual made this slightly harder to get sometimes

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

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • Being virtual made it difficult to get a full idea of the culture. But I got involved with the corporate citizenship community and some of the ERG's which was an amazing opportunity to meet people.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 4/5
  • 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?

    • I really enjoyed my placement, and have learnt a great deal. Being virtual was challenging but I was supported and had some amazing colleagues around me. Oracle really value their interns which is an amazing experience as you get treated as one of the full-time employees. there are also lots of opportunities for growth and development

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

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 3/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Oracle

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Oracle to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Oracle

    • Be yourself and do not worry if you do not understand what the company do (most people at oracle don't understand what they sell) - you will learn all this as you go along

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

PR & Communications

South West

June 2021

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