Industrial Placement Student Review

by Nomura

Best Student Employer

Rating

5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Meeting with other employees and discussing the status of projects. Tasks would include using excel, creating Gantt charts and using other project management tools.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Plenty of soft skills including emailing. People skills have been developed. Technical project management skills by using software such as excel, big picture and Jira have been used.


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

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

  • 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?
  • As my skills developed I got more responsibility with each project that allowed me to grow more.


  • 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?
  • Weekly meetings were in place with my manager where we would discuss my development. Guidance was never an issue.


  • 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?
  • Culture was interesting and great to see. Everyone was friendly and wanted the best for me. The entire company and atmosphere was positive.


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

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

  • 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?
  • The placement was a real eye opener. Providing me with many career paths that were tailored to my likes and skillsets. This made the experience very enjoyable as everyday I would be doing something different.


  • 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 Nomura
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Nomura
  • Enjoy and soak up the knowledge as much as possible. Be honest and figure out what role would be best for you. Remember that everyone is there to support you.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Information Technology

London

August 2021


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