Placement Student Review
at Government Economic Service
Placement (10 Months+)
Economics
Newport
Review Submitted: June 2023
Overall Rating
4.4 /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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4.8/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
3/5
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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 economic stories and trends.
Working in statistical production and quality assuring data.
Working in statistical production and quality assuring data.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
a lot of independence and ability to choice what work suited me.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Definitely gained stronger excel knowledge and well as plenty of opportunities to develop presentation skills and good written communication.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
4/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Strong placement scheme with a large cohort every year with a placement student network team set up to provide support
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?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
good flexible working hours and reward scheme, most people remotely work so lacks office atmosphere.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
1/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Very good learning experience a lot gained from it, placement scheme run and set up very well with plenty of support and opportunities offered to placement students.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Government Economic Service
3/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Government Economic Service to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Government Economic Service
required strong basic economic knowledge and keep up to data with the news
