HR summer intern Review

I have really enjoyed my internship at Centrica. I have been welcomed into the company by absolutely everybody I have met and everyone has been extremely positive about the business and their positions. I have been given the opportunities to get involved with many projects and also been able to use my initiative to take make my own opportunities.

I have felt very valued by my colleagues throughout my placement. I felt that I could approach anyone about anything and that I have been supported throughout my entire time at Centrica. I believe that I have added value to my team through my work in Resourcing and I have also been given the opportunity by my colleagues to get involved in other projects that I am interested in.

I have been given regular support by my manager and my team throughout my placement. I had a regular meeting once a week with my manager, along with a regular meeting once a week with my buddy. This enabled me to build up a relationship with them where I felt comfortable telling them about my concerns as well as my achievements.

On a daily basis I have been extremely busy. I have filled each day with catch ups as well as project work which has enabled me to get the best out of my time at Centrica. I have never had a free afternoon which has made my time at Centrica go extremely quickly!

I have been given a lot of responsibility during my placement at Centrica. I was responsible for creating an entire intranet page, which meant that I had access to editing the entire intranet if I had wanted to. This was very positive to me that Centrica trusted me enough to be given this access to use wisely.

The skills I have developed during my internship at Centrica will be valuable for the rest of my life. I have learnt so many transferrable skills that I did not have before that will aid me throughout my career and life. I have learnt how to manage my time, as well as networking skills and how to use Microsoft teams.

I thought the general atmosphere in the office was very friendly and positive. Considering that there are changes going on throughout the business, I thought everyone had a positive attitude and the mood was rarely low. People warned me in my first few days that the mood was more low than usual because of the current changes, but because I had not known it to be any different, I still thought it was a positive environment to be around and work in.

I think that my internship was organised and set up very well. There was a clear structure of what I would be doing and achieving throughout my time at Centrica which was already in place when I arrived. This is largely down to my manager making the most of my time here and giving me the opportunities that would benefit me throughout my placement.

The company definitely invested in my personal training and development. I was given the opportunity to learn how to build a Microsoft teams site and an intranet site, as well as taking part in many placement days which involved presentation skills and development days. Having these opportunities enabled me to build strong friendship bonds with the other interns and also prepared me for my end of placement presentation.

I would really love to be offered the opportunity of a permanent place on the graduate scheme within Centrica. My placement has shown me how much the company cares about its employees and what a career at Centrica could involve. The organisation is very appealing and would be a great place for me to begin my future career!

There was a very good social scene amongst the placement students and colleagues. We went for a few drinks after work a couple of times and living with the other placement students meant that we could build up friendship bonds and also do things together like going to the gym.

Centrica provided our accommodation!

Windsor and Egham did not have the best nightlife, but luckily I live quite close so I was able to go home at weekends.

There were lots of opportunities to get involved in outside of work. There was the charity challenge and also the innovations challenge which we could express and interest in.