Business Development Intern Review
by University of Reading
Rating
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Skills
3.5
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
3.5
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Culture
4.3
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Your Impressions
3.3
- 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 University of Reading
- 7. Would you recommend University of Reading to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to University of Reading
Overview
In order to increase the amount of internship opportunities for my cohort, that being students whose degree has an ecological, zoological, environmental, or biological focus, I contacted and liaised with companies in relevant industries and fields to create new internship positions. This entailed emailing companies to enquire about their interest in hiring interns from the University of Reading cohort and arranging meetings to discuss in more detail what this involved.
Skills
I learnt how to effectively 'cold email' companies and developed my confidence in speaking to strangers on the phone. I also developed my persuasive skills in attempting to encourage companies to come on board with this idea.
Responsibilities
Yes, I was given the responsibility of conducting outreach to companies and doing data analysis on the internships over the course of the last academic year to ascertain if there were any particular factors that influenced the likelihood of an internship to be popular with students.
Support & Guidance
My line manager was always on hand to help, whether that was working together in person or arranging a Teams meeting if I was working remotely. I never felt that I was left struggling with a problem; anything I wasn't sure about was quickly resolved.
Culture
The team was friendly and everyone helped each other out if the need arose.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed many aspects of the internship, such as feeling that I was achieving something meaningful for my cohort and developing existing skills of my own. I learnt that some aspects of the internship were less interesting to me, which is important knowledge moving forward into a future career.
Yes
To do your best to get as involved as possible and make the most of the opportunities that you are presented with!
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Business Management
South East
September 2023