First Year Dealer Review

by Southwestern Advantage

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Rating

4.3/5
  • The Role
    4.7
  • The Company
    4.3
  • The Culture
    3.8

    The Role

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

    • Really hard work, I loved the fact that I was in charge of my own business and the rewards made the hard work worth while!

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

    • You have people all around you that care for you and want to help you hit your goals. Still in touch with a lot of people i spent the summer with and even going out to do another one with these people!

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

    • Management is great and looks after you

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

    • Running your own business it's up to you what hours you work. Typically you do 12-13 hours a day 6 days a week.

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

    • Running my own business I had to run the show!

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

    • Time management, persiverance, selling ideas, a knew look at problems I face, goal fulfillment.

    5/5

    The Company

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

    • Pump up calls in the morning, execs, a load of fun before we went off to work! Sunday meetings were cool too!

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

    • Reasonably well, they allocated you turf, although we did have to find some places to live for some people

    4/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • One of the sister companies is a sales consultancy company which charge $000's for seminars. We got a whole week of intense training free of charge

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

    • Staff Sales/Staff Shop
    5/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Its totally up to you how long you stay in the business, i'm going back for a second summer, some people have been interning now are in full time.

    4/5

    The Culture

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

    • You're surrounded by about 60 other college students where you're selling and then meet people in other areas at the meetings during the year

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

    • We pay all our costs so transport, food, rent etc. Kinda expect that running your own business though

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

    • We worked to late every night, so didnt get chance to go out, although there are insentive trips to places like Gambia which I got to go on!

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

    • We have trips to Gambia in february if you hit a certain number of sales. There are awards banquets and meetings which you meet other people who did the internship aswell

    5/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Accounting, Customer Service, Financial Management, Sales

International

May 2011

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