Assistant Manager - CCOR Reporting Review

I have enjoyed my internship a great deal. I've experienced great exposure to the world of banking, and feel like I've learned a lot and gained useful skills in a short space of time. My overall experience has been highly postive, I've come into a friendly environment, I enjoy the work when I'm engaged,

My colleagues have been friendly and helpful at all times. I have been challenged in terms of the work I do and have not felt undervalued or as though my skills are not being utilised. I have been included as part of the team and no one has treated me differently to how they would treat another permanent colleague,

I have been extremely supported by my manager who has given me immense amounts of guidance and advice throughout my placement. I have weekly 1:1s which help establish priorities for the week and I feel that I can always go to my manager if I have a problem.

My workload varied throughout the placement. Some weeks were much busier than others because of the reporting cycle my team works too. However, when I was not busy; I had my own projects to work on and a charity challenge to focus on with other interns.

I was given a task which meant I had a lot of responsibility, but this was a stand alone task; although it has been time consuming, I have not been given a high level of responsibility in other tasks. I feel the level of responsibility I've had has been good for me, as this is the first office job I've had.

I have developed fundamental skills in powerpoint and excel which I feel will be useful for any role I go into within Banking in the future. I have learned how to present to colleagues with a high level of authority, which I also feel is a vital tool. I also completed mandatory training which has helped me understand LBG values as well as laws and regulations, which will be good for the future should I stay on at LBG or go to another bank,

The atmosphere in the office was warm and welcoming. I was always greeted with a smile and a hello from my colleagues. When doing the charity challnge, colleagues were always willing to spare some time to hear about the fundraising activities we had going on, including bake sales and raffles.

The internship for me has been extremely well organised. I had an initial induction with the other Lloyds interns at the Excel Centre, On my first day in the office, I had meetings scheduled in so I could personally get to know the people on my team. I received plenty of communication from Emerging Talent, who requested interns to have mid placement and end of placement reviews with their managers. This style worked well.

Although I have completed mandatory training, I have not been offered any additional training in terms of Risk division training or any kind of programme training. I would have liked to have gone on a training day/been given access to a training course. However I know on the Lloyds intranet site training is available, and I did not personally seek to complete any additional training.

I feel that the opportunity to get onto the graduate scheme through doing the internship is really great. Furthermore, I've seen that internal promotions and opportunities for development are good. I feel that there is a diverse range of roles available at Lloyds that I could find a job suited to my skill set and the things I enjoy,

Yes. Having the charity challenge with ten other interns in the same office as me meant we could meet up for meetings. This allowed us to interact and get to know one another. As part of our charity challenge lots of social were arranged which was a good way to meet interns in different offices.

The cost of living was expensive in terms of travel, but Lloyds provides LTA. I was able to be placed near my family home and so a lot of my expenses were already covered. Lunch can be pricey if you don't know where to find good deals, but I had a 'treat day' on Friday's where I splashed out on lunch a little more.

The night life was great, but expensive. The places I went to had good deals such as happy hour or buy one get one free cocktails at certain times. The atmosphere was great; everyone was friendly. Music was good, drinks were good, and food was good. The venues in London are great, especially with quirky areas like Shoreditch in close proximity.

For me, somewhat. I had the oppotunity to walk 26 miles with some colleagues for charity, but unfortunately couldn't make it, as I had plans in place that weren't flexible. I still had plenty of time for external acitivities, as my commute was around an hour. So I've been training to run 10km.