Sustainability and Communications IP Review

by Unilever

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.5/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Joining weekly meetings for both communications and sustainability. Taking minutes and writing down actions. Working together with teams to deliver newsletters, town halls, and campaigns. Working with external stakeholders on sustainability issues and engaging in discussions at environmental events.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Communications (internal, external, written and verbal) Sustainability knowledge professionalism


  • 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?
  • 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
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, I was accountable for representing Unilever on many sustainability calls and at external events


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • I received lots of support during my placement, with weekly 1:1s and lots of people I could turn to for guidance


  • 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?
  • The company culture was great! There are lots to do sports-wise or social activity-wise as the company has its own social committee for the main office.


  • 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?
  • I thoroughly enjoyed my placement experience, I was always kept busy and met loads of people through my time at Unilever


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

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

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

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Unilever
  • Be yourself and bring your purpose to work


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Consumer Products/FMCG

London

May 2023


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