Retail IT Placement Review
by Jacobs Douwe Egberts
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Jacobs Douwe Egberts
- 7. Would you recommend Jacobs Douwe Egberts to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Jacobs Douwe Egberts
Overview
Created software solutions for users in a range of departments. Helped troubleshoot technical issues for all end user devices. Installed and Maintained Audio and Video conferencing devices. Maintained Network infrastructure and provided network connectivity to users who needed it.
Skills
Yes. Communication, presenting (non-technical) aswell as Computer Network knowledge, Coding, Microsoft Power Application, Cloud Computing (Technical) skills were learnt and developed.
Responsibilities
I was allowed to come up with my own projects aswell as ways of implementing them.
Support & Guidance
There were training videos available and global associates that I could contact, aswell as my team if support was needed.
Culture
Great Atmosphere. Everyone was always keen to help if support was needed. There were large events throughout the year to get people together making it feel like a huge family.
Your Impressions
I had a great time during this year of placement. I learnt a lot of new skills and now have a great insight into what working in industry will be like.
Yes
Be ready to learn new skills quickly and work in a reasonably fast paced environment, in which you may have to juggle a lot of different projects at a time.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Information Technology
South East
August 2022
