Service Management Industrial Placement Review

by Computacenter

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Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Providing support for the Service Managers, completing tasks for the customers to ensure we can continue to support the services that we provide to them.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have developed some skills from this placement which include: Communication skills, organisation skills, Skills that are acknowledged in the corporate world (email writing, customer engagement etc), time management.


  • 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 am treated like a permanent employee and just like any other. I am given tasks with great responsibility that are customer facing and have to ensure things are done and sent on time. I also do have a great deal of support from my manager with tasks that hold great responsibility.


  • 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?
  • My team are very supporting, everyone is there to help me and no one ever says no. The perfect team/company for supporting their employees


  • 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?
  • Although we have lots of tasks to complete, morale is high and everyone has fun.


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

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

  • 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 have thoroughly enjoyed my placement year in Computacenter getting to experience the corporate culture and getting to work along others. I have some great colleagues who have helped me through my time. 100% recommend to anyone.


  • 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 Computacenter
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Computacenter
  • Be yourself on your application, it is the best thing you can do. Put yourself forward and really show how good you are


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Business Management

West Midlands

March 2023


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