Apprentice Foundation Business Administrator Review

by IBM

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Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Helped to run the Apprenticeship programme, meaning I had to communicate with the scheme lead to make sure everything was being ran smoothly. This included things such as running inductions, conducting surveys and running reports.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have learnt interpersonal skills as I have had to be in constant contact with many different people across the business, I have also improved my skills on Excel as it is a tool I was having to use very frequently.


  • 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?
  • Yes, as I was asked to run inductions and communicate with different managers across the business.


  • 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?
  • I had a lot of support as I had a team to work alongside, whilct also having 2 managers to help me if I needed.


  • 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?
  • The culture was generally very friedly and hard-working.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • 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 internship as I was able to take time to decide what I wanted to study at university whilst also gaining invaluable skills and getting paid for it.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

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

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at IBM
  • 4/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
  • Take every opportunity you get, and put yourself out there.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Business Management, Human Resources

South West

August 2023


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