Marketing Campaigns Review

I really enjoyed my placement, they gave me real reponsibilities and I worked with many teams across Europe, Middle East and Africa. When I had the opportunity to stay I accepted.

The team I worked in were all lovely, I will miss them greatly. They looked out for me, and were very appreciative of my work.

When I had a question, I could ask easily as everyone was very open and happy to help. During tasks, the leader would give me feedback, and tell me what I could improve on and how - this was very helpful.

It depends, when an event was coming up, then I would be extremely busy, but afterwards, the workload died down. However, if you feel you don't have enough to do, they appreciate when you ask for more.

I was assisting leaders during marketing campaign planning, however, when they were on holiday, or off for other reasons, I was left to push the planning along, and lead calls.

It was a real-life marketing experience, but I gained experience in other departments/teams also, and this helped me to see what I could go into after graduating. The most beneficial skills that will assist me in the future include time management, confidence when presenting, and language skills.

Fridays are always quiet as many people do home office, and some team members were in and out the office often on customer/team meetings, however when everyone was together, the atmosphere was cheerful.

The previous intern had responsibility to find a new replacement, but the manager oversaw the process and made the final decision. The intern position had specific tasks and responsibilties outlined, which had to be completed, but there was flexibility in regards to projects, etc.

I think it was basic employee training. Most training was voluntary, and I recommend future interns to research into this as there is plenty available, you just need to search for it - this will therefore show pro-activeness.

I would really like a graduate job within HP, anywhere in Europe, and will apply soon.

There are so many interns at HP Boeblingen, and HR organises Intern Coordinators, who receive regular updates as to who the iterns are, they add them to a mailing list, and they organise lunches at work and other out of office activities. I was an intern coordinator during my time at HP and enjoyed it immensely.

It's not cheap, but it could be worse. I recommend to live in Stuttgart, not Boeblingen as that is a small town with not a lot going on. Rooms come in all shapes and sizes - student halls are a possibility or shared flats. A decent room will cost around 325Euros per month. A monthly student travel ticket costs currently 82.50Euros.Food is cleaper when you go to Aldi or Lidl, and socialising..well that depends what you like. The indie clubs are cheap, but bars, particularly on Theodor Heuss Strasse are a bit pricey, but most have free entry.

Theres a lot of house music, most of the small clubs in Stuttgart city centre play this, and also 80's music. There are a few indie clubs too. The bigger clubs with varied music are a little way out of the city, but if there is a large group of you, sharing a taxi isn't too bad. Stuttgart also has a lot of festivals each year, 2X beer festivals, a light festival (fireworks) and a wine festival, all I recommend going to.

Only the activities that were organised by the intern coordintators were offered.