Placement Economist Review

by Department for Work and Pensions

Rating

3.9/5
  • Skills
    3.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.5
  • Culture
    3.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

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

    • Using internal and external data to analyse the health of the labour market and wider economy. The results of the analysis are then reported to more senior members of the department.

    Skills

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

    • I have learnt how to carry out basic coding procedures in SAS to output original pieces of analysis. I have also developed my project management and presentation skills, as well as opportunities to carry our training for other team members.

  • 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

    • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • I was given the responsibility of a regular reporting pack as well as a piece of original analysis and evidence base building. While my manager has had final say on all major decisions the day to day running of these projects has been down to me.

  • 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?

    • I have both a line manager and a grade manager who I have been able to turn to for support. I have weekly meetings with my manager and monthly meetings with my grade manager.

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

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 3/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • It is a very friendly place to work, everyone who I have interacted with has been very nice. The work life balance is also very good here.

  • 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?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 3/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I have enjoyed the placement as a whole. There have been some challenges but there would be at any new work place.

  • 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 Department for Work and Pensions

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Department for Work and Pensions to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Department for Work and Pensions

    • Make sure your economic knowledge is up to date for the interview as they will focus on your technical knowledge when choosing prospective employees. Additionally, try to have enthusiasm for the work that the department does as you will spend a lot of time working on analysis for various schemes that the department carries out.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Economics

North West

July 2023

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