Sustainability and Communications Placement Review

by Unilever

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

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

    • Over the past year, I have worked alongside the UK&I Communications and Corporate Affairs Team, leading mainly on internal comms however also supporting external comms. My role includes working closely with my team, creating and maintaining strong relationships with internal stakeholders.

    Skills

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

    • Leadership, communication, thinking quickly when put on the spot, time keeping.

  • 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?

    • Yes, so much more responsibility than I was expecting! Definitely felt like a permanent contract employee.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • A lot of support for my line manager and we received weekly/monthly training sessions on teams from different leaders in the business. I took part in an excel masterclass and a linkedin masterclass.

  • 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?

    • Company culture was excellent, I felt extremely comfortable especially on days when I went into the office. People are mostly friendly and it's great to make colleagues your friends.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

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

    • 4/5
  • 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 enjoyed it a lot, it's not exactly what I signed up for, however the skills that I have gained from this experience definitely made it worth it!!

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

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

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

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

    • Yes

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

    • Keep an open mind, there are thousands of different roles and not every one will be 100% suited to you - you have to adapt to what you are given and turn this into a learning experience. Learn how to prioritise tasks, meet deadlines and ask for MORE. This will always impress the people that you are working with.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

London

June 2022

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