Talent Acquisition Intern Review
at Hays
Placement (10 Months+)
Recruitment
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!
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
3.3/5
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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.
Coordinating the Talent Acquisition team and the intern cohort. Scheduling and creating social media posts and pulling together reports. Overseeing projects which includes attraction strategies and DE&I projects. Daily management of team inboxes.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
A lot, had to manage my own time and projects and could take on additional responsibilities. Expected to make decisions without going through my manager
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?
Presentation skills, liaising with, and managing stakeholder expectations (internal and external), reporting and collating/analysing data, designing social media posts, working under pressure, time management.
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?
5/5
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
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Enough. Great team around me but felt isolating at times as i didn't work with anyone else in my office - great communication via teams though.
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?
Fast paced, very sales and target driven, large drinking culture on 'period ends', friendly but managers care a lot about hitting targets
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
2/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
3/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
There were good and bad days, as there would be with any corporate job. I enjoyed working with my team and working on projects that were of particular interest to me.
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 Hays
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Hays to a friend?
No
What advice would you give to others applying to Hays
Be prepared to work under a lot of pressure and expected to meet targets pretty quickly. If you are sales and money driven then this place is definitely for you.
