Parts Planning Assistant Review

I really enjoyed my job, I had a great team, lots of responsibility and learnt lots of new skills.

I felt really valued by my colleagues, and a lot of the time people in other departments and outside of the business were unaware that I was a placement student. I really felt a part of the team and no different to any other member of staff.

The support and guidance was there if I wanted it from my management team. The only support which could be improved upon was from HR. I think it would benefit the students if they had quarterly reviews with the HR team and their managers.

At the beginning of my placement, I was busy getting to grips with the work. However, I picked this up quite quickly and started to get less busy. In the last 6 months of my placement I covered for my manager, and this meant I was really busy all of the time. However, I really enjoyed this extra responsibility and it gave me the chance to prove my ability.

I was given a lot of responsibility during my placement, much more than I expected. However, as a student you do have to prove yourself before extra responsibility is given.

I will use a lot of skills developed from my placement, in my final year. The experience helps to put theories from uni into practice, and gives you your own work situations to relate things to.

The atmosphere does vary a lot between departments, but in my team, we all got on well, and there was a relaxed atmosphere most of the time.

The year I applied to VW Group was very well organised.

All the training and development that was available to all members of staff were available to students aswell. Whilst I was at VW I went to lots of courses, including Financial Awareness, Access, Excel, Word and Time Management.

Although there is not currently a graduate scheme running, if you perform well in your placement HR will keep in touch with you and let you know of any job opportunities. I would love to go back to VW when I graduate.

There were around 20 students on the scheme when I was there, but a lot of them commuted to work and didnt socialise with the rest of the students much. Some of us did go out though, and a lot of departments have social events quarterly too.

Rent was £290 p/m for a room in a 5 bed house, shared with other students.

It was ok, but MK is not the best place for nighlife. There are only a few bars and clubs.

The boys played a lot of football whilst on placement but there was not much for girls to get involved in.