Research and Development Industrial Placement Student Review
by Unilever
Rating
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Skills
3.5
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.3
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Your Impressions
3.7
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Unilever
- 7. Would you recommend Unilever to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Unilever
Overview
Work as part of the R&D Unilever Professional team. My daily work is varied - had the chance to experience lots of different projects whether that be in packaging, formulation, appraisal, digital commerce. Some days I will be in the lab but mainly work in the office or from home.
Skills
Developed presentational skills, workplace confidence, business acumen, whilst also developing my scientific knowledge
Responsibilities
I had the opportunity to try many different things during placement. Some of these activities didn't have much responsibility (e.g. filling out spreadsheets) but some projects I helped to lead and had real outcomes from my work. Overall given more responsibility later on in my placement
Support & Guidance
I received really great support from my line manager and she helped guide me at certain points. Had weekly check in calls with her which were really useful. Always made sure I was on track and didn't feel uncomfortable with my work load.
Culture
Very friendly atmosphere within my team. Around the actual building wasn't as friendly. Always someone to help you out though. If I messaged people for help normally they would message back. However, in terms of the wider company, on a 'Your call' there was a comment saying that Unilever waste money on placement students and it got a lot of likes from people within the company - maybe not inclusive.
Your Impressions
I really enjoyed my placement at Unilever. Think this may be dependent on your team and projects you work on. In my case I really liked my team and line manager and got myself in many different projects
Yes
Networking is key and the standards of leadership.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Consumer Products/FMCG
North West
May 2023
