Student Economist Review

by Office for National Statistics

Rating

4.3/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

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

    • I helped produce the quarterly release of the sector and financial accounts - a release which is part of the National Accounts. Alongside this I produced analysis to complement the statistics - detailing changes in the UK economic climate. Additionally, I presented to colleagues internally on the economics of the month, and detailed the policies government were implementing - to better understand the impact on different economic indicators.

    Skills

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

    • I gained a lot of experience in presenting, report producing, data analysis, and stakeholder engagement - internally, across over government departments, and externally.

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

    • 4/5
  • 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?

    • 3/5
  • 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?

    • At times, for some of the work I had complete autonomy and worked with lots of senior people - allowing for a great deal of exposure. However, the day to day job was relatively junior.

  • 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?

    • There was a big student placement community and dedicated staff to help students with various different issues.

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 3/5
  • 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?

    • Very supportive and friendly work environment. Pleasure to work at the ONS.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

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

    • 4/5
  • 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 am glad I did a placement at the ONS. While it was during Covid-19, it was still great fun and would certainly recommend it to people interested in economics and would like to explore a career in the civil service.

  • 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 Office for National Statistics

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Office for National Statistics to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Office for National Statistics

    • Read about the civil service behaviours, and practice the STAR technique. If you have a genuine interest in economics make sure to talk about it.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Economics

Wales

June 2023

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