Industrial Placement - CMSQA Review
by Nissan UK
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
4.8
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The Company
4.6
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The Culture
3.5
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
It offered a unique opportunity to tune my own job role to what I wanted from my placement year, and in a diverse role I could learn from all aspects of the business.
I felt that I was valued as a young professional, and made some close firends within the team.
I was mentored by someone within my team and the two managers within the department; I was offered a lot of support with my initial work and given freedom later in the year as I accumulated experience to generate new reports and processes to add value to departmental outputs
Throughout the year I did several hours of overtime - the main report I was responsible for had three submissions and around each of the deadlines it was very busy. After the last, towards the end of my placement there is a little free time to develop tools, as its not as busy.
I was responsible for very important internal reports that would be shown at all levels of the businesses and used as backup data throughout the next financial year
I developed some existing skills I had gained from part time work before university, this year has concreted them as well as taught me some technical skills with financial reporting and Visual Basic coding. These have been developed both on the job and through classroom training offered by the company.
The Company
We could always have a laugh and enjoy the working day, but there is a job to be done - so somtimes people had thier heads down.
I had my work for the year planned before I started and was shown this as part of my induction. There was an induction day as well as monthly meetings with my line manager to discuss progress.
I was offered and attended several classroom taining courses.
Flexi Time
Subsidised Canteen
Sports and Social Club
Subsidised/Company Gym
International Travel
Above 25 days holiday
The Placement scheme is one of the best opportunities to prove your ability to perform on the graduate scheme
The Culture
There is a large community of Grads & IP's that go out and arrange activities throughout the year
Milton Keynes is cheaper than the South West, what I'm used to - I found I would have half my monthly salary free after bills.
Milton Keynes isn't the best at night, but it depends what you like there are some several big clubs - and few decent pubs.
Through the Sports and Social club there are group events like Go-Karting, Football matches, Rugby etc...
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Accounting, Banking, Manufacturing, Automotive Engineering, Audit, Financial Management
East Midlands
August 2014
