Industrial Trainee - Advisory Services Review
at Arup
Placement (10 Months+)
Logistics and Operations, Management Consulting
Leeds
Review Submitted: July 2023
Overall Rating
4.1 /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!
3/5
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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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.
Assisting the wider team on a range of projects. Using Excel, Word, PowerPoint and PowerBI. Providing admin support and reviewing reports.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
On the majority of projects I was working with someone else and assisting them. I was responsible for some specific tasks including organising meetings / knowledge share sessions. I was also responsible for the graphical content of a report (graphs, tables, diagrams).
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
3/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Learnt basic PowerBI skills and developed existing Excel skills. Also developed note taking and report writing skills.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
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?
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?
Weekly meetings with my line manager to discuss what I was working on and any issues. Also supported by colleagues I worked more closely with on projects.
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?
Generally very welcoming and positive especially compared to other similar consultancy companies.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
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?
I have enjoyed my placement, especially when I was given more freedom on tasks which also allowed me to use new software and learn new skills.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Arup
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Arup to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Arup
You don't need to be an engineer to work at Arup! I was worried when I started that most people would have an engineering background and I would feel out of place but this was definitely not the case, especially in the consultancy side of the business.
