GES Sandwich Student Review
at Government Economic Service
Placement (10 Months+)
Economics
Newport
Review Submitted: June 2023
Overall Rating
3.6 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
5/5
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Overview of Role
3.5/5
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Skills Development
4/5
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Support and Guidance
3.3/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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Overall Experience
2/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Keeping up to date on economics and world news, thinking about how this could impact consumer prices, house prices or business prices. Led on production of a monthly dataset. Would contribute to monthly inflation bulletins and quarterly economic analysis publications.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I believe I was given a fair and appropriate amount of responsibility
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Developed my writing and presenting skills as well as improving my organisation and multi-tasking. Learnt new excel skills.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
4/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Sufficient.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Friendly and not intimidating. But hard to develop working relationships as placement was completely virtual.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
2/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
3/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
3/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Very. Decided to come back on a permanent basis after graduating.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Government Economic Service
2/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Government Economic Service to a friend?
No
What advice would you give to others applying to Government Economic Service
Be prepared that the work you may do may not be appropriate for an economist. Enjoyment in the organisation depends heavily on the role you are given. Some are great, others are very dull. Again also dependent on teams and managers. Lack of in-person office environment can mean the organisation lacks community.
