Recruitment Consultant / Resourcer Review

by Hays

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Rating

1.6/5
  • The Role
    1.3
  • The Company
    0.5
  • The Culture
    3.6

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • would not choose this again if I knew what I was letting myself in for

    1/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • team were great and very friendly, we had a lot of good times together

    5/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • we didnt have a manager in our office, so saw them hardly ever

    1/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • Mix of either too busy or nothing to do

    1/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • I felt like I had been tricked into thinking I would be doing loads of great things, then when I actually started I was doing admin and data entry

    1/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • I didn't feel I developed any skills other than being able to type things in quickly! I got to speak to a lot of senior peopel on the phone which was interesting but all I had to do was sell sell sell so I didn't get a lot of useful info out of the convo and felt like all I was doing was annoying people for the whole day by calling them up and pestering.

    1/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Noone believed in the company doing well in the area so often it was quiet, dull and people were making depressing remarks about how they accidentally fell into recruitment and how they would never have got into the industry if they had the chance again

    1/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Never knew what i was doing until the day, there was no structure, nothing I was supposed to have achieved by the end etc. I ended up just having to do everything noone else wanted me to do.

    1/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • I was absolutely not being invested in! I was just used as someone to do boring jobs noone else wanted to.

    1/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • National Travel
    1/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • I got on really well with the team and would be taken back if I wanted to, but I definintely don't want to work for this company again. Not just because of my bad experience, but because of the way the company is run, managed and how staff are treated in this industry. I left and moved to another role in a totally different company and industry and it was absolutely brilliant, I was valued completely and the way the company is run is excellent. really showed me how much difference the way a company is managed makes

    1/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • nothing

    1/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • good cheap area

    4/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • amazing city

    5/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • there are thousands of things to do in this city

    5/5
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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Accounting, Business Operations, Human Resources, Information Technology, Marketing, Recruitment, Sales

East Midlands

September 2011

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