Sales and Onboarding Assistant Review

Item: Sales and Onboarding Assistant at ProspectSoft Ltd
Rating: 4.4
Author: Anonymous

at ProspectSoft Ltd

Placement (10 Months+)

Sales

Oxford

Review Submitted: August 2021

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!

5/5 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

3.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.3/5 - Company Culture

4/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

In my sales role, I was working within the sales team, we had a morning sales meeting each day. Throughout the day, my tasks changed depending on what I was working on. In my role, the tasks/jobs I was doing included - Liaising and working with Free Trialists, Learning about our eCommerce offering and helping sell the solution, Following up on Prospect’s Free Trial Marketing campaigns, Carrying out various Lead Generation tasks, Working on my own Sales opportunities and supporting the team on larger deals.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, throughout my placement I was given responsibility and trusted with speaking/working with existing customers, new customers and free trialists of our software. As soon as we finished our training, I was given plenty of responsibility within my role.

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?

Yes, I have developed plenty of new and existing skills. From the beginning of our training and throughout my placement year I have continually grown and developed my skillset.

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?

The support/guidance was good throughout the year and I always felt as though I could ask any question or ask if I needed help from anyone. This meant I settled in quickly to work at ProspectSoft. However, there was minimal feedback throughout my placement and as I was working from home, I think some feedback would have helped me to carry out the job more effectively. Things such as reviews and feedback to let me know how I was getting on would have helped.

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

3/5

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?

The general atmosphere was good and everyone was easy to get along with. Everyone was very welcoming and I felt included from the start of my placement. The social opportunities were very limited due to the fact that for 8 of the 10 months we were working from home. We did have a few socials and in person meetings towards the end of our placement which was a good way to finish the year.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

3/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

4/5

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 did enjoy my placement. It was great to gain the experience of working in the sales department at ProspectSoft and everyone I worked with was great fun and very welcoming. It was a lot different to what I expected as we were working from home which was challenging. However, it was a great experience to have and I thoroughly enjoyed working with everyone at ProspectSoft.