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Hays

Comms intern Review

at Hays

Placement (10 Months+)

Marketing

london

Review Submitted: March 2022

Overall Rating

3.8 /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!

3/5 - Overview of Role
3.5/5 - Skills Development
3.5/5 - Support and Guidance
4/5 - 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.
Leasing with internal and external stakeholders, writing articles for internal website and for external magazines
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Not much, no owned tasks just small ones that others didn't want
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
3/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
communication, presentation and writing
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
3/5
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?
A fair amount, always there to ask questions
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?
Everyone was lovely, not overly social quite cliquey in the office
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
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?
Prepared me for going back to uni with a good work ethic and now I know what I don't want to go into when graduating
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
5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Hays to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Hays
Be very outgoing and talk about charity/wellbeing
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