Candidate Consultant Review

by Badenoch and Clark

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Rating

3/5
  • The Role
    3.1
  • The Company
    3.1
  • The Culture
    2.8

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • worked within an excellent team, though the process was repretitive with the same response each time, but with different clients.

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • often would be placing candidates for the team for a high gp and directly adding to other consultants commission bill, yet there was rarely any mention of this

    3/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • Only had 3-4 reviews the entire year, management are seen as too busy to spend time on career development for interns.

    2/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • At one stage due to lack of staff was so busy that didn't have time to finish each task and every day was incredibly stressful. When management were made aware of this, within 2 months a new staff member was recruited and work load was a good balance.

    3/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Full responsibility for a Candidate Consultant, almost as much responsibility as a comission billing recruitment consultant.

    5/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • skills learnt included how to sell oneself in the interview process, managing time and resources effectively and often meeting very tight deadlines. I did often feel that the role was not very challenging intellectually and there would be no need to have an academic background.

    3/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • despite a taregt driven culture, there was a 'work hard, play hard' environment, with lots of banter

    4/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • the most organised part of the placement was the initial recruitment of the interns: after that, there was very little on desk training and had to pick up the role very quickly befoe the monthly taregts set in.

    3/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • no less than any other member of staff, but been for a total of 4 days training the entire year.

    2/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Subsidised Canteen

    Financial Bonus

    Company Parties/Events

    Healthcare/Dental
    2/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • if I wanted to go into sales, you would struggle to get a better organisation. I have kept the offer open if I do decide that recruitment would be a good career. Not one consultant is in recruitment for anything other than the astonishing comissions you can earn

    5/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • excellent amongst the team, though it was other 4 interns that were not too enthusiastic in meeting up.

    3/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • commuted from Kilton Keynes, costing £425 per month to travel to and from work

    4/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • good though mainly city bars

    4/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • other than drinking, none!

    1/5
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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

London

June 2010

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