Corporate an Consumer Strategy Intern Review
by Cancer Research 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
2.5
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The Company
2.8
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The Culture
2.5
- 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
I think it was enjoyable at some points and at others not so much. I really struggled to get an insight into what the department was about as a whole and my knowledge and work was on a shallow level.
I think because I worked on projects on my own which was over seen by my line manager, I had very limited interactions with the team as a whole. My manager was great and she made me feel very valued,saying thank you all the time.
My manager was great, she guided me every step of the way and made sure that we had regular catch ups to see how I was getting on.
I was relatively busy, I always had something to do even though sometimes I was doing things for doing sake. I wasn't ever idle and always had a task on hand.
I had hoped to be working on more original projects or working with or buddying with other department projects. I think my projects ended up being typical intern projects with admin and updating taking most of the time. I wouldn't say I was given that much responsibility and I think as a postgraduate student they department could have helped my actualise my potentials and capacity more. I suppose running a good internship programme that pushes people enough to maximise their potentials involved time and maybe they didn't invest that much time plus I was working on my dissertation so maybe that also prevented them I couldn't say.
I learnt a lot about a number of things. I think I could have learnt more and therefore the benefits of the internship have been limited. Above all I learnt a lot from my manager more than anything and she has taught me some important life skills.
The Company
The organisation as a whole is really jovial and the atmosphere was friendly. My department was slightly more reserved and less chatty.
The internship was very organised and monitored all through it. I think the organisation and execution was amazing.
They company distributed personal training development packs and I had some training with my manager.
Travel loan
I think there are prospects, I think it depends on their cycle.
The Culture
yeah definitely a good social scene
The internship was in London and the cost of living and socialising was so high and seeing I was unpaid the internship meant I was slightly handicapped in so many areas. Angel is nice with lots of restaurants but couldn't afford anything but yes defintely an expensive spot.
London has good nightlife, angel has lots of nice hangout spots couldn't afford to go so.
They had a few away days, one they forgot to book me a ticket and the other I couldn't attend because I was busy working on my project.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
London
August 2014
