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Rating
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The Role
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The Company
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The Culture
- 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 西瓜视频s/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 struggled to get enough work most of the time once I had completed all of my monthly tasks during this placement.
I got on well with most of my colleagues in the department.
Support was always available through my line manager which was really helpful throughout the year.
My workload came in peaks and troughs. Some days I had a lot of work to do but most of the time I had to ask for work to do and was asked several times if there was any university work I could do in preparation for my final year. I found this inappropriate as I was using this year to learn new skills outside of my studies instead of continuing them whilst on a work placement.
My main repsonsibilities were to perform all of the administration of audit reports for the department to correspond with our head offices in Germany. However this came in peaks and troughs normally at month end was my busiest time.
On a positive note it has been good experience to work in a full time position for a big six energy firm.Overall I feel that the department has not given me enough work or experiences on this placement to develop my skills for future employment.
The Company
Quite quiet most of the time but everyone got on well it was a nice atmosphere to work in.
I don't think my placement was very well organised at all. As I have previously mentioned I struggled to get work most of the time which I found quite surprising bearing in mind I was working for a big six energy company. It got to the point where I was asking for work to do and the reply I got back sometimes was "Is there any Uni work you can start for final year to take up your time". There was a lot of organisation put into the administration I had to at certain times of the year but not a lot of attention was directed to me working on audits from start to finish which is where I wanted to get my experience from even if I was just shadowing the auditor. I feel my time could have been put to better use if it was planned towards working with one of the auditors from my department every month to shadow them and conduct field work and admin for them on their audit(s).
I was given a short training course on an insight into Internal Audit but nothing else following that.
Flexi Time
Sports and Social Club
International Travel
Staff Sales/Staff Shop
The company award you with the opportunity to be fast tracked onto there graduate assessment centre for the possibility of gaining a job after you finish University.
The Culture
Nothing social was organised for the E.ON Undergraduates at the start of the placement.
It can be pretty cheap around Coventry it depends if you want to live in shared or unshared accommodation. Both of which are fairly cheap.
Friday nights are pretty good in Coventry, Birmingham is also great fun at the weekends :)
There is a sports and social club which you can sign up for and quite a few football teams on each E.On site. Coventry has a lot to offer in terms of sport for whatever takes your fancy.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
West Midlands
June 2013