Unilever Spring Week Review

by Unilever

Best Student Employer

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Rating

4/5
  • About You
    3.9
  • The Company
    4.0
  • Everything Else
    4.1

    About You

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
  • Really enjoyed it, well planned and unilever is such a great and forward thinking company ! I personally decided not to pursue that industry after finding more about it but to all those interested, I would recommend

    4/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?
  • There was so few of us on the spring week that we definitely felt like an exclusive group ! All the stuff we're really happy to talk to us from graduates to senior leaders

    5/5

  • 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?
  • Again, everyone was ready to offer their own experiences of the programme and to help us prepare for the assessment centres and if we got the summer internship

    4/5

  • 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • Confidence from presentations and networking with a wide range of people, but as I am not interested in the industry, probably the information gathered won't be of great use

    3/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?
  • Great hotel location, never felt bored always something to do - to the point where I actually looked forward to going back to my room because days can get quite tiring ! We did office tours, talks, work shadowing and a product launch

    4/5

  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?
  • Everyone was really fun and the HR staff were really approachable and easy to talk to which isn't always the case with other company spring weeks

    4/5

  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • There were not many opportunities for self development apart from when we had to do a presentation and we received group feedback. Apart from that there were not many others

    3/5

  • 8. To what extent did the insight help you to understand what it would be like to have a full time role with the company or firm?
  • We spoke to so many staff members that we were able to see a solid insight into unilever life

    4/5

  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?
  • Every talk, staff member and every graduate spoke passionately about company culture and how the sustainability agenda was at the centre of Unilever's image. Also, they mentioned how open and humble every one was regardless of seniority.

    5/5

  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?
  • It helped me decide that the industry was not for me but I know the majority did want to carry on working in the industry and found information useful

    4/5

    Everything Else

  • 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?
  • Repaid all expenses on travel - provided breakfast dinner lunch


  • 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?
  • Every activity involved this in a way, we even had dinner with senior leaders in our functions

    5/5

  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?
  • Social events - we had games and networking events in the evening, and drinks - it was all a very chilled atmosphere. They took us to the free Ben and Jerry cart quite often and the Unilever shop with discounted products !

    4/5

  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?
  • I guess it depended on departments how social or unsocial they were

    4/5

  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?
  • Definitely, a well organised fun week with lots of free ice cream ! The hotel venue was great and really felt valued by unilever - a very good company

    5/5

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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

South East

April 2015


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