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Hays

Regional resourcing specialist Review

at Hays

Placement (10 Months+)

Recruitment

Guildford

Review Submitted: March 2022

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
4.5/5 - Skills Development
5/5 - Support and Guidance
5/5 - Company Culture
5/5 - 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.
- Sourcing jobs for candidates
- doing interviews
- reaching KPIs
- keeping up with my candidates on a day to day
- filling in roles when given to me
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given autonomy of my own work and was to ensure I deliver on time.
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?
- Learnt to be more organised
- Be more confident
- presenting 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?
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?
Received good guidance from my manager, any problems or questions I had he would always help and ensure we were keeping on track of things. If we didn't understand something he would take out the time to explain and show us.
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?
- Very good social events
- Friday outings
- Friendly atmosphere
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?
- Really like the people I work with
- Would definitely return
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at Hays
5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Hays to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Hays
- make sure to be yourself
- stay on top of your work, don't do things last minute
- brush up on the company, understand what Hays do
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