HR Intern Review
by G-Research
Rating
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Skills
4.0
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
3.3
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 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 G-Research
- 7. Would you recommend G-Research to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to G-Research
Overview
- General administrative work involving booking and scheduling training, interviews, contracts, etc. - Project based work - Sourcing candidates on LinkedIn Recruiter - Managing HR inboxes, JIRA tickets and performance management system
Skills
- Interpersonal skills (verbal & written interactions with everyone across the organisation) - Excel skills (used a lot for t4acking data and project work) - Resilience (joining virtually was very new and getting through lockdowns whilst working full time from home was tough) - *new skill* Received Workday training (popular HR system)
Responsibilities
- In charge of managing changes in the performance management system - In charge of monitoring, booking and organising training sessions - Given 2 significant projects during my time in Core HR - In charge of pulling together projects on LinkedIn Recruiter (sourcing candidates from across the globe)
Support & Guidance
- Weekly 1 to 1 meetings with direct manager in each team I rotated between (super supportive and informative catch ups) - Weekly team meetings to stay up-to-date with general team updates and specific projects
Culture
- Management were super friendly, supportive and easy to reach out to for guidance - Wider HR team were fun and the team catch ups were informative but entertaining - Difficult to get a feel for the full company culture as COVID-19 meant that the majority of the placement was WFH - Dedicated and hardworking staff across the board, super motivating seeing progress made by the whole company in quarterly all-hands catch ups
Your Impressions
Best decision I made! It taught me a lot about what to expect from HR and the workplace. Although it was tough at times, I think it helped me come out of my shell. I was initially worried about having high levels of responsibility (warned about this in the interview), I'm glad that that was the case as I feel as though it's a big part of why I'm more confident now.
Yes
Make sure to do your research on the company & read up on crypto, big data, AI, machine learning, python, etc. These are all things that you'll need a basic level of understanding in, particularly if you join a team like recruitment that interacts with quant researchers regularly (also helps so you're not completely clueless during all-hands catch ups). It's quite a fast-pace environment so make sure to take breathers when you can!
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Human Resources
London
May 2022
