PMO Support Review
by IBM
Rating
-
Skills
4.0
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
3.5
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Culture
3.8
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Your Impressions
4.3
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at IBM
- 7. Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
Overview
Provide Project Management Support including responsibilities in the following areas: Financial Management, Risks & Issues, Action Updates, Minute Taking, any Ad hoc duties
Skills
I have completed the Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner and Cognitive Practitioner badges, whilst working my way towards IBM Agile Explorer. I have also completed an Introduction to Python and Python for Beginners courses. The 5 key competencies I have chosen are time management, task prioritisation, collaboration, proactivity, responsibility.
Responsibilities
I got given the responsibility of running my first solo project, which involved the removal of IBM kit from a Sheffield Training Room which was no longer under contract. Tracking procurement of the items required for building the new Data Centres
Support & Guidance
Line manager and wider team, other colleagues were available to reach out to.
Culture
Difficult to gauge as the whole year was spent working from home, but my direct teams had a very strong bond
Your Impressions
I enjoyed my first taste of working life, but unfortunately I never got to meet any of my colleagues in person due to COVID
Yes
You must be technically curious and make the most of the Your Learning software, as there is endless of personal development available
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Business Management
West Midlands
September 2021
