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Industrial Placement Student Review

at GSK

Placement (10 Months+)

Pharmaceutical

Ware

Review Submitted: June 2022

Overall Rating

5 /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
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.
Attending meetings and seminars, laboratory work ( support the team, assisting in weekly experiment ), interacting with colleagues around the office, networking. I also participated in various STEM activities.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was first trained and after I felt confident my team gave me full responsibility. But they were always very supportive and understanding, they were very patient with me and made sure that I felt comfortable with everything.
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 had the opportunity to do both. I developed my lab skills and learned how to use various equipment and machines. Through my STEM activities I worked on my soft skills and pushed myself in doing activities which I normally would be too scared to do.
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?
Every time I felt doubtful or wanted a second opinion, I always had my teams support. Each team member i worked with provided me with their full attention. Everyone helped me when I had difficulties. Even when I made mistakes they helped me relax and stop panicking and showed me how to fix it.
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 atmosphere was very positive and friendly. I never saw anyone being negative, people were always smiling, were very kind and were always happy to help. In general, it felt like everyone was a big, friendly family, because of how they interacted with one another, very caring.
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?
This was one the most beneficial experiences of my life. Not only did I develop various important hard and soft skills, which will help me in the future, but also I met amazing people, networked and widened my community. I really looked forward everyday to go to work, because everyday it was something new and I really enjoyed the team I worked with.
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 GSK
5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend GSK to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to GSK
Network, people are happy to help. Make the most out of the placement, ask questions. Be honest, it’s important to have transparency between you and your team.
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