CIO SME Assasitant Review

I really enjoyed my time at IBM, there are many different roles and opportunities available to you during your time here. There is such a large variance in what you can do here, there is something for everyone.

I was instantly made to feel like a team member within the company, rather than just another intern in the company. Everyone valued my ideas as much as anyone elses. It was very easy to feel like a valued member of the team as i was able to get involved with everything i wanted to and help as much as i can without being held back because i was an intern.

The support at IBM was fantastic. You are given a task manager who will help you with your day to day job, as well as an early professional manager who will look after you and be someone for you have discussions in confidence with about anything and everything. They are always available for help and will always do their best to help.

My day to day job kept me busy most days, however there are days when you find yourself with little to do, but IBM will always make sure you have something to do, or are taking part in extra activities, such as giveback or helping other teams with projects you are interesting. The balance of work was perfect.

I was given the responsibility of any a proper team member within IBM, this was great as it means you truly get a feel for what the real working world is like. I was asked to be part of meetings etc and actively take part and contribute, rather than feeling like you were on the sidelines.

The skills i have learned from IBM have been invaluable, i have been able to take these skills back to uni with me and it has really helped to develop my understanding.

The atmosphere was great - a lively office and everyone got on well with everyone. There was no point where you felt uncomfortable to be in the office.

Perfectly. The entire process from the application to the entire placement was great, everything ran so smoothly, you are taken great care off when are you are IBM.

IBM has many online training courses that you are actively encouraged to do, they ask that everyone takes 40 hours out of the year to do these course to make sure that everyone is learning. You are actively asked to take part in new and exciting courses and activities to help you develop.

I would absolutely love to come back to IBM. The company has been a joy to work for, and is always trying to actively encourage you to become better in your role within IBM. The grad scheme is very appealing with a good wage and many roles available.

The social scene was great. There was lots to do within Portsmouth, all the interns would go on regular nights out and do things during the days/evenings when they could.

I was lucky and didn't have to move out to go to my placement, so can't say too much about rent prices, but it's not super expensive. Socializing However is really cheap around here and meant it was great for when we all went out.

Many different clubs and bars to go. With various different atmospheres, many places to cater for all types of people. Depends what you like but there is always places for people to go!

IBM actively tries to make you take part in outside of work activities, they run a giveback scheme where you will go back out into the community or within the company and help out and try to 'giveback' something. for an example i was part of the team that run a big interview day at schools for year 10's to help give them ideas of what a real interview situation would be like when looking for work.