business design intern Review

by Cancer Research UK

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Rating

2.6/5
  • The Role
    3.3
  • The Company
    2.4
  • The Culture
    1.9

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • I met some really lovely people and the organisation is amazing to work for.

    3/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • Very valued, your not treated like an intern to run around with coffee and lunch orders, nor are you given meaningless jobs to do.Your made welcome as part of the team and the work given is important to the organisation.

    4/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • Alot of support and guidance and alot of responsibility as an intern which made you feel important

    4/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • quite busy the tasks given took up most of the day but they werent monotomus .

    3/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • A lot of responsibility was put incharge of a lot of mini projects

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

    • I was successfully able to demonstrate I have transferable skills, all the skills I used gained in my science degree I could tranfer them over to a non science background, very easily. I still have to develop my skills abit further but I have learnt alot about myself,

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Friendly and very welcoming

    3/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • It was very well organised in terms of the team structure and the whole internship programme too.

    3/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • I wish it could invest a bit more on personal development.

    2/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • National Travel
    2/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Not sure, go myself another internship placement within the science department of cancer research uk. fingers crossed

    3/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • Ok, I dont drink so the main socialising happened in the pub which was where 99% of the socialising events happened. so i missed out on that part, so i never got the chance to really know that many interns. but within the organisation intern events such as race for life, de-branding cigarette packets, the handmade mothers card making event and tmax give up clothes for good campaign allowed me to work with different interns which was fun.

    2/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • travel and food is covered by cancer research in the internship so it wasnt that bad but food is generally expensive around islington, socialising there alot of pubs here so if you drink you wont have a problem, theres also a cinema and shopping mall/

    3/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • havent got a clue as i dont go clubbing

    1/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • quite a few london marathon, shine walk marathon at night race for life events

    3/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Business Management, Customer Service, Information Technology

London

April 2012

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