Rating
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Skills
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Responsibilities
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Support & Guidance
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Culture
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Your Impressions
- 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 Volvo Group UK
- 7. Would you recommend Volvo Group UK to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Volvo Group UK
Overview
My role is to create automated reports used by Finance and Business control teams. However, I have also worked with other teams to help introduce new reporting tools such as Power BI. My daily tasks include updating reports I have created, developing new reports and highlighting any issues.
Skills
New skills I have developed are Power BI and other reporting tool skills. I have further improved my excel skills and presentation skills. Developed team working and interpersonal skills.
Responsibilities
Yes I was given more responsibility than I expected but I was very grateful for this and the opportunities that came with it.
Support & Guidance
A decent amount through helping me to understand certain daily tasks and processes within the company.
Culture
Good - easy to get along with everyone as long as you're willing to make conversation.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed it a lot, was given exposure to a lot of different things in the workplace - people, job roles, teams. This allowed me to develop my personal skills a lot!
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Look into the company and the services it provides. Have an open mind and make yourself fit in by having conversations with new people and accept any opportunities which you take an interest in. Always look to develop your skills further even if you have limited knowledge.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Data Science, Information Technology
East Midlands
June 2022