Marketing Analyst Review

I thoroughly enjoyed the placement and the fact that the company got me doing an actual job as opposed to typical 'work experience' jobs. Would have been 10 stars, has I not been there during the time of the merger with HBOS as sometimes this led to colleagues being very stressed & confused and this feeling would rub off on others.

The company was very good at getting Placement Students involved with both the work and the play side of the company. They were always very quick to heap praise, and to ensure both you and the company were gaining from the placement.

Had regular one-to-ones to ensure all of my university documents were up to date, and to discuss my progress in both formal and informal settings.

I feel there was a good balance, as some days I would feel bored and like I didn't have enough to do, but these were always followed up by days where I had lots to do!

I was given the responsibility to deal with customers/colleagues/work on my own, but there would always be someone to ask and assist if needed which I think was the right balance.

Upon graduation it took me just 3 months to find a job in a similar role to my placement & I seem to be progressing well. My confidence in myself and my work grew extremely, and I truly believe the placement year was one of the most important things that helped me gain my very pleasing final grade!

It was quite balanced! Some days it would be a very busy atmosphere and therefore could feel stressed and dull. But other days people were in higher spirits - particularly when there were cakes involved or it was the day after a social event!

It was set up much better to what I hear from other students who did different placements. But I do know that the company who Lloyds employ to deal with the HR of placement students wasn't always the best. This is more the recruitment company's fault and not Lloyds though!

I went on a number of IT training courses including Excel, SQL, VBA, and also personal development courses including presentation skills. They were also keen to develop our interview and assessment centre techniques for post-university!

I was approached after university and told that there may be opportunities, however I had already accepted another job. I was slightly disappointed by the Graduate scheme however as they wanted very high UCAS points which I didnt have, which confused me as this didn't matter for the placement scheme.

The placement students based in Bristol bonded straight away, which was largely helped by a 2-day induction course at the very beginning. I loved the people I worked with both students and permanent employees and there were a number of social opportunities!

I didnt live in Bristol, but did socialise there and the prices were pretty good!

As it's a very student-oriented city there was something nearly every night!!

Some social events and some social clubs, but not always actively promoted! Better than most companies though!