CTI Summer Placement Review

by Unilever

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.8/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • 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.
  • I work largely in the competitor field so I spend my time collecting information on what products and claims competitors may be making in order to help us know which areas are becoming popular and to focus on.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I've learnt and developed skills such data collection, presentation, and visualisation. This placement has also allowed me to work on my resilience and professional demeanour.


  • 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?
  • 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?
  • I was given tasks and left to complete them in order to work on my problem solving and ability to take initiative. Since it is a relatively short placement I wasn't given an enormous amount of responsibility but I felt I had a respectable amount of control and responsibility on the aspects I did work on.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • I received an enormous amount of support from my line manager and coworkers alike. Even workers that were not directly in my team were always willing to lend a hand. Many were past placement students so that helped aid the welcoming environment.


  • 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 open and inquisitive atmosphere. The workers are lovely and friendly and always working to make you feel welcome.


  • 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 absolutely loved it, I wished I had chosen the year long one, I made some good friends here!


  • 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 Unilever
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Unilever
  • Be sure you're compatible with the mission statement and company values and you'll be great


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Consumer Products/FMCG

Yorkshire and Humberside

September 2024


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