ITRA Summer Intern Review

Working in ITRA (Manchester) was very enjoyable, I was given the opportunity to interact with a variety of clients, varying in tasks such as management consulting to external IT audit. I feel this gave me a great overview of what kind of jobs a graduate entering the company would be expected to do. The internship was structured very much in a "What do you want to get out of this?" kind of way, for me this was fantastic as it allowed me to experience and learn everything I aimed to during the internship.

Before working on tasks it was always explained to me what my contribution to an overall project would be, hence I felt as though the work I was completing was meaningful and important to the team. I also received positive feedback from clients which would be fed back to me.

I was constantly receiving praise and development points from senior staff members which allowed me to know what I was doing well and where I needed to improve. Formal feedback sessions were held on a regular basis, I was also asked to give upwards feedback to two senior colleagues which suggested they valued my opinion and wanted to improve themselves for future interns to come.

I was given as much work as I was willing to take on, the best thing about ITRA (Manchester) is that they gave me the responsibility of a graduate however I always had the safety net of being an intern, hence any graduate level performance would be highly praised by colleagues.

The work I did contributed to IT Audits and Consultations. Towards the end of my internship I was completely responsible for the one entire section of an IT Audit (out of 3) and completed testing of the remaining two, meaning I contributed to every section of an IT audit. I was also involved in conference calls where I could share my opinion and progress status on the sections of the audit I was responsible for. Furthermore I was given the opportunity to lead client meetings frequently, as this was something I expressed that I wanted to do at the beginning of my internship.

I developed Excel skills which I can take back to my degree and career in general and landed a graduate job in the process!

Everyone gets on with their work, little bit of chit chat here and there. After work drinks with the team every so often was great.

Very well set up, as I said I was given roles and responsibilities that a graduate would be doing. There always something for me to do.

My colleagues would spend lots of time explaining processes to me, I felt like they genuinely wanted me to progress.

Very appealing, graduate jobs with ITRA looks great and I am interested in coming back.

Went for drinks a few times with colleagues and a night out in London (travel expenses paid for).