Human Resources Industrial Placement Review

by Gist Ltd

Rating

3.3/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    2.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.0
  • Culture
    3.0
  • Your Impressions
    3.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • HR Administration blended with some projects that you may be assigned and working with the management on any HR related problems

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • This placement helps to develop organisational skills as you have a lot of tasks build up in a day. Helps develop communication as you have to liaise with everyone on your site.

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

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • 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?

    • A medium amount, some weeks more than others.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 2/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • There is an excellent central team for early careers and some really helpful people in HR, it will depend on what site you are on, for how the support network is their.

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

    • 1/5
  • 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?

    • It is a very traditional warehouse atmosphere, not too modern. However, being acquired by M&S will definitely be a step in the right direction for Gist.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 2/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 2/5

    Your Impressions

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

    • I enjoyed it a fair bit, there were great people on my site who would help me with tasks and assign me different things if I didn’t have much on. Overall a couple rotten eggs did not spoil the placement, I defiantly learned a lot about business and myself, whilst making some friends along the way.

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

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 3/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Gist Ltd

    • 3/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Gist Ltd to a friend?

    • No

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Gist Ltd

    • Find out exactly what your day to day is going to look like and work back from there, what experience do you have in similar roles? Try to understand more about the company prior to applying as it may be more complex than you first think.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Human Resources

Yorkshire and Humberside

October 2022

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