HR Strategy Executive Review

Over my time at British Airways I gained a great insight into what aviation has to offer which will help with deciding on future career moves. As well as this I learnt and demonstrated a range of skills that will be invaluable for my future career.

I can not fault my coworkers. They were supportive, knowledgeable, lovely to be around and overall made my placement highly enjoyable.

My mangers were very supportive with my future development by allowing me to explore the breadth of aviation through shadowing as well as challenging me in my role to ensure I learnt and made the most out of my time there.

The scheme is really what you make of it. If you keep organised and motivated you will be sure to fill all your time without it spilling into your own personal time.

I was tasked with leading projects and managing important pieces of work which saw me networking with a host of colleagues from all over the business and in a variety of roles.

My studies have been vastly positively effected by giving myself a stronger work ethic, a greater knowledge base to help with my assignments and with regard to career I have been fast tracked through graduate applications and upon being successful will return back to British Airways after my final year at university.

My office had a very friendly but also professional feel, which made me feel both comfortable but also a step away from uni by being in a corporate environment.

We had a very clear structure to the year with a week long induction, regular meetings and a graduate application process at the end.

This varies greatly by role. For me formal training was not appropriate so whilst learning on the job I was encouraged to build upon myself and track this using formal appraisals.

British Airways has a strong history of investing in their employees. As well as amazing graduate schemes they encourage colleagues to learn new skills and move around the business to see where fits the individual best if appropriate.

When joining everyone becomes a member of the emerging talent committee that put on forums, skill bytes and social events to get to know the many individuals working at British Airways.

Being in the south and very close to London it honestly can’t be said that accommodation and transport is cheap. However, by being on the outskirts of London this allows many options for employees to be based and allows great transport links that make it easy to get to work as well as the option to socialise outside of London where it is cheaper.

Due to all employees being based in so many areas this question is not quite applicable as it relates to many different areas.

Brithsih Airways offers all employees to be part of a variety of sporting teams and volunteering opportunities. On top of this individual departments put on events etc outside of work.