Commercial Summer Placement Review

The general job was interesting but occasionally a lack of consistant work led to periods of slight restlessness.

I always felt that I was valued but due to my inexperience the more complicated projects, understandably, were kept away from me.

Anytime that I felt that I had any questions or needed advice they did their best to assist even if it a wait was incured while they finished what they were doing.

The company was going through a busy period and so it was hard to give me a lot of work to be doing. Due to the fact that the work was very different to what I had done before it would have taken time to explain what was required and how would be best to do this.

When I was doing my projects I felt that I had much responsibility given to me to make contact with suppliers independently as a colleague rather than simply a summer placement.

I have developed a further understanding of how a really big company works from day to day. I was given helpful advice on how is a good way to make a good impression on an interview and how to apply standard skills to be useful in a working environment.

Occasional conversations about what they are doing on holiday and maybe at the weekend but other than that not a lot I can relate to.

I was given my own desk with everything already set up on it, I had a list of objectives set out for me to try and achieve while I was on the placement and generally felt that not only were people expecting me there but also were prepared for it.

I was put on any courses that would have been useful for me that were available at the time.

I feel that it is definately a place that I could work at in the future, however due to the early stage that I am currently at in my university course my options are still very open.

I did feel like a very young person there but there was a small number of graduates that I was able to have lunch with and socialise with on occasion.

I personally was able to stay at home but I know that it is an expensive place to live.

Not very good in the immediate vicinity but there are good transport links to London or Reading.

Not a huge amount on offer. The occasional game of football but on the whole the majority of the activities happen in the main location for the Summer Placements in Barrow.