Change and Business Solutions Summer Intern Review

2 placement days/week - helping your team with assigned tasks (working in excel, creating powerpoint summaries, doing internal/external research for team) rest of week: - working on Business and Charity projects in groups with other interns - you get to know (Senior) people from many different teams and learn about their roles, get good advice - attending development sessions: working remotely, presentation skills, emotional intelligence - buddy time: development conversations with assigned grad buddy - bi-weekly intern socials

Huge improvement in communication and networking skills - especially over zoom Improved presentation skills Improved confidence and public speaking New practical skills - working with excel and data analysis in practice

Responsibility for group business project - made 50% of the assessment Placement tasks - mainly excel work, creating powerpoint summaries, doing research for team, contributing to newsletters, creating meeting agendas - all had set deadlines but not detrimental if you hadn't time to finish a task

Received a lot of support from line manager and graduate buddy - not only did I know I can always ask for help - they proactively reached out to me to see if I needed support

Culture was very welcoming and inclusive My team made me feel very welcome and as a part of the team - I am genuinely going to miss working with the people. NW Group has a lot of commitments around inclusion and diversity, I felt like I can be myself They have a lot of wellbeing resources/events available Another big commitment is sustainability - can see the focus on environment in day to day work

I enjoyed it a lot - and would definitely recommend it to anyone wanting insight/considering job in the industry. Team was amazing, workload was manageable (I only worked late a handful of days during the 8 weeks - but out of my own initiative). I enjoyed the diversity of the experience (various projects, placement work, sessions and speakers). Enjoyed the social aspect - met with other interns. It pays good money so makes for a great summer!

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Consider applying to location where you'd want to do your grad role (if applicable). Before the interview/assessment centre: do research on NW Group and mention their commitments and successes that resonated with you - so they can see you really want the job. Stay focused and confident in the assessment center - although it's a long day it's worth it. Write down names of people from your assessment centre - when you start the onboarding process you can reach out to them so it helps with being social and getting to know other interns. Be social and try to meet as many people as you can. Ask any questions you can come up with, everyone is very open with the interns.