Human Resources Internship Review

by Bloomberg

Best Student Employer

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Rating

4.2/5
  • The Role
    4.4
  • The Company
    4.3
  • The Culture
    3.6

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • Like nothing I have ever done before!

    5/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • Settled in within the first day, wasn't even looked at as an intern.

    5/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • Optional weekly meeting with mentors to catch up. In addition my manager was always open to me coming to talk to her on a regular basis.

    5/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • For 90% of the time I had a great amount of work.

    4/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Its difficult to give interns too much responsibility as we are still learning! But for the time I was there I was handed some tasks which needed a fair amount of responsibilty.

    4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • I can take the business skills i have learnt into my uni studies nd furthermore into my jobs after.

    5/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Although everyone had lots of work it was a very chilled out company

    5/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Special trips and talks were were organised every week which was good

    5/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • we had lots of talks on interviews training, creating linked in etc

    5/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Subsidised Canteen
    5/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Unfortunately they couldnt keep a space open as I have a year left of uni.

    4/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • Weekly drinks were always held!

    5/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Was very expensive to travel and live, however we were getting paid a high salary.

    3/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • n/a

    3/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • sports clubs were available to everyone

    5/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking

London

September 2012

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