PMO Intern Review

My job role during my placement year will be to ensure the tracking and delivery of documents between IBM and the client the NHS, and to support other aspects of the Project Management Office and wider FBO team when required.

Time Management Organisation Minuting Meetings Communication Client Focus There is also a learning platform avaliable thorughout your time which you can use to pick courses you think will be useful to you rpersonal and professional development. These could be things like professional communication to other languages to more technical skills.

Yes. I was solely responsble for a whole email account and the whole deliverables process. I then expanded to help on and off board people. I could do this because IBM were willing to allow me the responsibility.

I had my task manager and foundation manager. In general my task manager was far more helpful as she knew what tasks I was doing but my foundation manager was there for support via fortnightly team calls or I could drop him a message. More so though everyone I met/had contact with was always more than willing to help and support me if needed.

In general it is a good company culture. It's one that supports your learning and I found it to be very much "there are no stupid questions". A minority of people higher up were very very poor at answering emails which can be frustrating as it made there seem to be a culture higher up that the work we were doing was less important but in general it was a healthy and welcoming culture.

I have enjoyed my placement and I have gained lots of experiences that will benefit me in the future. Towards the middle it began to get repetitive but that's when I expanded out so definitely reach out if you have capacity. It was a role I couldn't do forever but as I knew it was only for a year I was happy to complete it. At the end when uni friends have finished and have a more flexible schedule it was harder working 9-5 but in general I enjoyed it and 100% worth doing

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Do some research on IBM as a whole - their long term strategy and any recent news articles. Make sure you emphasise their key values - in particular client focus and show a real willingness to learn. You do not have to be technically inclined to apply at all just show an interest. I knew nothing about technology in the grand scheme of things but showed an interest and was happy in my business placement