Undergraduate Quality Assistant Review
by The Co-op
Rating
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Skills
4.5
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
4.0
- 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 The Co-op
- 7. Would you recommend The Co-op to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to The Co-op
Overview
My role included conducting tasting panels, and working with the Delicious Food team to benchmark and improve products whilst ensuring they meet required specifications and standards.
Skills
During my placement I have learnt to expand on my current skills such as communication, time management, presentation and ability multi-task different projects. New skills I have developed is writing reports for key stakeholders, networking within the food industry and using initiative with specific tasks.
Responsibilities
I was given specific tasks and projects during my placement. The first 6 months I was provided with tasks that would support the immediate team then as the month progressed, the responsibility got higher to allow me to manage a project alone from start to finish.
Support & Guidance
I received a great amount of support and guidance during my placement. Management always want to push you out of your comfort zone and ensure that you believe in yourself for the industry ahead but are there to discuss any worries or concerns. I feel as though I have grown professionally since starting and now going back to university to finish my final year.
Culture
The company culture is great, it's very inclusive and offers depths of opportunities that you can get involved in. I loved working in the impressive 1AS building as it is a great open space and provides a sense of community. There is a lovely company culture, everyone is really friendly and social.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed my placement very much as I have created a great network of people who I hope to come across again in my career in the food industry. I got involved in different opportunities that allowed me to make close connections to different colleagues around the company and always said 'yes' to new things to push myself out of my comfort zone.
Yes
Push yourself out your comfort zone, always expand your knowledge and learning by asking questions, explore different departments build connections and say yes to opportunities as it could be the only time you get it!
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Retail
North West
June 2024
