HR summer intern Review

by Centrica

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Was given a really exciting main project to work on mostly independently but also ad hoc tasks such as assisting with articles. Also got to take part in the charity challenge in a team with other interns.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Got the chance to develop many new skills that I would not have had the chance to before, such as how data is used within HR.


  • 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?
  • I was given much more responsibility than expected and liked how they trusted me to assist on major projects for the business and lead meetings.


  • 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?
  • Cannot fault the support, had great support from everyone at Centrica from my line manager to other interns.


  • 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?
  • Culture and atmosphere was very friendly and welcoming, and always felt comfortable asking for help from anyone.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • I really enjoyed my HR summer placement at Centrica and felt as though I was included as part of the team.


  • 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 Centrica
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Centrica
  • Ensure to do thorough research prior to the assessment centre.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Human Resources

South East

August 2022


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