HR Graduate Recruitment Intern Review

I've loved it! The internship has been very challenging and has thrown me into many new experiences - but I am very happy that I had this opportunity.

Very. I received plenty of feedback from my colleagues and throughout I was reminded of the importance of my work.

I had weekly one-to-ones with my line manager and my personal mentor, so I was offered a lot of support throughout. I always felt like there was someone I could talk to when the workload got a bit much or if I had any issues with tasks.

I worked in a very fast-paced team, so in comparison to the rest of the resourcing team I might not have been that busy on a daily basis. To me though - I was very busy and always had multiple projects to work on. I'd say this was probably the challenge I enjoyed most as it meant I was learning a wide range of skills within a short period.

I was given quite a lot of responsibility as I was responsible for our promotion to universities, the booking of events, was able to have involvement in executive meetings, and I was solely responsible for any inbox enquiries.

I was completing my MSc dissertation alongside this internship, and I felt like the internship helped with this through the skills I've developed in time management, meeting deadlines, and my professional communication.

Fun but productive! There's always an exciting atmosphere in the office in the charity sector as everyone is inspired by the same cause and there are often fundraising events going on. Because of this shared passion for the cause, everyone is very hard-working! As the office is open plan, it's a great atmosphere for discussing ideas or asking for help if needed.

The internship coordinator organised the internship very well, and I felt there was structured support at the appropriate times throughout.

This was relatively limited due to budget limitations, but workshops were available to develop skills such as assertiveness, and time management. However I felt that most of my training and development came from my communication with my mentor, and by taking up opportunities to work with different teams and learn from one another.

I would love to work for this organisation in the future when a vacancy is available.

Yeah because the interns all started at the same time, there was a strong social group with regular social events. This meant that there was always another intern to assist with any issues and you could learn from alternative team perspectives.

Obviously in London - quite high! In Angel specifically though, socialising and shopping was not too expensive.

There are plenty of great bars and pubs in Angel, and loads of gorgeous food places!

There were quite a lot of activities available, although I don't think I was fully aware of all that was available, and I never had time to get involved unfortunately. Yoga on the rooftop sounded perfect though!