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Rating
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About You
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The Company
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Everything Else
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?
- 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?
- 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 5. How well structured was the insight?
- 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?
- 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 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?
- 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?
- 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?
- 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?
- 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?
- 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?
- 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?
- 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?
About You
The most realistic experience you could get of working in this environment on a Spring Insight. Very well organised, with a mix of skills sessions, workshops, information and individual work. Really enjoyable with a great group of interns who made the experience even more enjoyable. Hard work but the whole experience on balance was great fun. I would recommend this programme to everyone.
Very valued. I was given a task by my desk for the duration of the project that was going to contribute to their work in the future. Having work that actually made a difference made it feel so much more valuable. Every member of staff was willing to take time to hear our views and questions which made us feel really valued.
Plenty of support. Had a buddy to ask all immediate questions to, from general things about the job to help with our projects and assessments. Skills sessions provided important information and the HCM were always available for any burning questions about the programme. A feeling that this support network will be available for years to come.
Loads of skills gained during the internship. Time management and prioritization were key skills that were developed as we juggled desk work, assessments and other sessions with varying deadlines. Also developed presentation skills for our assessments and had dedicated workshops to help with this. Communication also developed through daily networking with full time employees. All skills will be incredibly useful back and university and for our future career.
The Company
Very well structured. Given a rough outline of the programme on the first day and then had extra sessions added to our outlook calendar. The insight had a full schedule for most of the days and it calmed down slightly towards the end as we were allowed more time to work on our assessments.
Great atmosphere, small group of 15 meant that we all bonded very quickly. Having the same two HCM people look after us for the duration allowed for a friendly and humorous atmosphere as we got more comfortable with each other. All full time staff had plenty of time for us and made us feel more than welcome, offering up their time to impart their knowledge.
Huge investment in the spring interns. Loads of sessions to improve our skills.
Working on the actual desks meant we got a full insight into what the full time employees do in their job
Incredible culture of helping and teamwork. Every employee was willing to help with silly questions and catch ups
Found out a lot of information about what people do day to day
Everything Else
Paid a lot for the two weeks and given expenses
Catch ups with several junior people and also sessions with more senior people
The whole group of interns was really well bonded by the end of the two weeks due to many networking opportunities
Lots of opportunities such as volunteering and affinity networks throughout the firm
Would recommend to everyone. Was such an incredible insight into life within the firm
Details
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
London
April 2019