People and Talent Student Placement Review

by Gymshark

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Supporting a wide range of HR functions, covering EDI, Partnering, Talent, Performance and Pay and Perks.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Learnt so many skills across the years placement, due to the wide amount of opportunities that I have been offered.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • Given so much responsibility across the year, leading and supporting on numerous projects. Because Gymshark is still a young company there is plenty of space for you to make an impact and input your ideas.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Received so much support across the year from my managers, who were both amazing. Not only that but the guidance provided from my wider team was so helpful and people really pushed for my development.


  • 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 really goes out of their way to make you feel comfortable. The community feeling across my team, the student placement cohort and the wider business cannot be faulted.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • Thoroughly enjoyed my placement and will recommend a placement at Gymshark to others going forward.


  • 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 Gymshark
  • 4/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Gymshark
  • Really showcase your enthusiasm towards the role and willingness to learn! Easier said than done, but try to stay as calm as possible on the assessment day, in order to bring your best self! Don't overthink things too much :)


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Human Resources

West Midlands

June 2023


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