Cross Communications Specialist Review

by IBM

Best Student Employer

Rating

5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Sat within the UKI Communications team alongside Marketing at IBM. Helping the Internal, External and Executive Comms Leaders execute their roles. - Running Campaigns/Competitions - Media Events and Press Conferences logisitics - People profiles for Executives


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • yes, so many - organisation, motivation, creativity, TECH skills and many more


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • gained full responsibility from day one - never treated as a student but rather a full time employee with hands on experience


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Constant support from various people - direct team but also the foundation team, mentors and buddys


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Everyone is incredibly kind, and will give you time of day. If you ever are interested in what someone does everyone is happy to discuss and explain to you what they do further.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • Extremely enjoyed it


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at IBM
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
  • Research the company! Learn history, current events where they are mentioned in the news, recent client deals - anything but go the extra mile and it will be recognised.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Marketing

London

July 2022


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