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The Role
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The Company
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The Culture
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
It was a really good program, lots of responsibilities were given and people are really friendly in this organisation.
There is a rather flat structure in the organisation and there isn't any barrier to stop you from making a conversation with senior staff.
My team members are always busy and little guidance was given throughout the internship. But this will be a good opportunity to develop your own problem solving skills.
It really depends on the day. I can get really busy and work till 8pm but I could also easily be ended up with having nothing to do for half a day.
I was given quite a fair amount of responsibilities. I was in charge of one whole section of the project that I worked in. My line manager would have to have a lot of trust on me for her to delegate such responsibilities to me I would say.
We had a week of welcoming and induction training at the start of the internship. The skills I have developed throughout the internship are more practical than the degree I studied but they are more focusing in a particular small business area I would say. But it is definitely worth spending the time as these are skills you can never had obtained through your university degree.
The Company
People are really friendly and always willing to start a conversation with you. People make jokes and talk about non-work related stuff and staff have quite a fairly regular hours.
Lots of communication (through email) before the internship actually started and some group pre-work is required to be delivered on the 2 week of internship. This worked as a break the ice job and have brought people together before the internship starts.
Lots of training was given and we even spent a whole day listening to a lecture talking on motivation and how can it make you a successful intern. I truely believe that UBS is investing a lot of time, effort and money on interns to ensure that we can achieve what we wanted to by the end of the internship.
Company Parties/Events
I would love work with this organisation again in the future as I feel truely valued by the organisation and I love the people who I worked with.
The Culture
There is quite a lot of social events going on every month, either organised by the organisation or by the employees themselves. As long as you check your email, you should be expecting a social event month.
Working in the central London has never been the most efficient way to spend your money in. Standard of living is high but it will get compromised by the pay you receive.
Central London is almost the best nightlife you can get in the UK and you will be amazed by the number of pubs/shops which are still opened at night.
There are always volunteer work for employees to take part in and this applied to interns too. We got out of the office and helped out in a sports event and raise awareness of different sports to young kids.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
London
July 2012