People Team Summer Intern Review

by Centrica

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Meetings with my Performance and Talent Team to talk about the talent cycle. Worked on a project to increase the use of feedback within the company. Collaborated with interns on various projects related to connecting Senior Leaders and advertising the emerging talent schemes


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Presenting, communication, powerpoint, collaboration, networking, project planning, time management, stakeholder management


  • 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?
  • I was surprised by the amount of projects that I worked on that were completely up to me and that had real impact on the business. Felt that I had a lot of responsibility


  • 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 felt that my line manager pushed me exactly the right amount and that I had a great team around me who I could rely on whenever 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?
  • Great. Everyone was really enthusiastic, kind and welcoming


  • 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?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I really enjoyed it. It was a great way of getting involved with a corporate environment and learning what its all about. I gained so much from the experience.


  • 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 Centrica
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Centrica
  • Get involved with all the other interns as much as possible. Don't be nervous from the start, you'll settle in much faster than you think! Also, its a short amount of time so don't wait around to get started on projects.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Human Resources

East Midlands

August 2024


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