PMO Support Review
at IBM
Placement (10 Months+)
Business Management
Warwick
Review Submitted: September 2021
Overall Rating
3.9 /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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
3.5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.8/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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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.
Provide Project Management Support including responsibilities in the following areas: Financial Management, Risks & Issues, Action Updates, Minute Taking, any Ad hoc duties
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I got given the responsibility of running my first solo project, which involved the removal of IBM kit from a Sheffield Training Room which was no longer under contract. Tracking procurement of the items required for building the new Data Centres
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?
I have completed the Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner and Cognitive Practitioner badges, whilst working my way towards IBM Agile Explorer. I have also completed an Introduction to Python and Python for Beginners courses. The 5 key competencies I have chosen are time management, task prioritisation, collaboration, proactivity, responsibility.
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?
Line manager and wider team, other colleagues were available to reach out to.
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?
3/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Difficult to gauge as the whole year was spent working from home, but my direct teams had a very strong bond
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
2/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
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?
I enjoyed my first taste of working life, but unfortunately I never got to meet any of my colleagues in person due to COVID
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 IBM
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
You must be technically curious and make the most of the Your Learning software, as there is endless of personal development available
