People Team summer internship Review

by Centrica

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.7/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • 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.
  • I was given a role that was working on a sole project evaluating the learning resources available to engineers. Day to day was using different tools to evaluate the learning resources.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Stakeholder communication was a big area of development for me.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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, given a solo project that worked on independently and was able to take in any direction I wanted that had a impact on the strategy and surrounding field services


  • 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?
  • More support than required, guidance available when 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?
  • Very supportive and growth environment. Culture is of a company on the rise and trying to change culture in order to improve performance.


  • 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 thoroughly enjoyed my time at Centrica, learnt a whole host of skills and was given appropriate space to grow and learn my skillsets.


  • 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
  • 3/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Centrica
  • Get stuck in, ask for as much work as possible and don't be afraid to make mistakes


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Human Resources

West Midlands

August 2024


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