Apprentice Foundation Business Administrator Review

Item: Apprentice Foundation Business Administrator at IBM
Rating: 4.9
Author: Anonymous

at IBM

Internship (1 Month+)

Business Management, Human Resources

Winchester

Review Submitted: August 2023

Overall Rating

4.9 /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 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Helped to run the Apprenticeship programme, meaning I had to communicate with the scheme lead to make sure everything was being ran smoothly. This included things such as running inductions, conducting surveys and running reports.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, as I was asked to run inductions and communicate with different managers across the business.

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?

I have learnt interpersonal skills as I have had to be in constant contact with many different people across the business, I have also improved my skills on Excel as it is a tool I was having to use very frequently.

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

5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

I had a lot of support as I had a team to work alongside, whilct also having 2 managers to help me if I needed.

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

5/5

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?

The culture was generally very friedly and hard-working.

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?

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I really enjoyed my internship as I was able to take time to decide what I wanted to study at university whilst also gaining invaluable skills and getting paid for it.