Finance - Industrial Placement Review
by Unite Students
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 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 Unite Students
- 7. Would you recommend Unite Students to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Unite Students
Overview
My role consisted of me assisting with weekly, monthly and yearly tasks inside the group reporting finance team, while also taking on projects to help support the finance teams inside Unite Students.
Skills
I have developed my PowerPoint, Time management, Organisation, CV and Interview, Listening skills and so many more. This was only capable with the incredible support of our Early Careers Advisor Emma Rowden who created countless of skills sessions to help us evolve and develop all of these important skills.
Responsibilities
Inside my placement I was given a good amount of responsibility especially further on into my placement. My colleagues and manager would trust me more with assisting with important tasks which increased my confidence
Support & Guidance
I received a fair amount of support and guidance. At the start I was supported and guided through new systems and tasks, however as time went on I was given more responsibility and a bit less support as I knew the systems well and was very confident with my tasks at hand!
Culture
I would say one of the things I was most surprised about was how great the culture was at Unite! Everyone is so welcoming and friendly it is such a great atmosphere, I did not expect a FTSE 100 company to have such a great culture!
Your Impressions
I really enjoyed my placement! I developed so many skills and learnt new skills which will be so useful in my final year of university. This year has made me so much more confident about future jobs as well!
Yes
Do not be afraid to ask questions and try to get involved with as much as you can! At Unite Students they organise a lot of social activities with teams or with the whole business, which is nice to talk and connect with other teams and colleagues!
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Accounting
South West
August 2024
