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Randstad

Delivery Consultant Review

at Randstad

Placement (10 Months+)

Recruitment

Birmingham

Review Submitted: September 2022

Overall Rating

2.1 /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!

2/5 - Overview of Role
2.8/5 - Skills Development
1/5 - Support and Guidance
2/5 - Company Culture
1.5/5 - Overall Experience
4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Worked as a candidate resource manager, adding candidates to the system, managing the pool of candidates, making candidate availability calls and candidate sales calls.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
No
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
2/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
I've learnt how to persist with a highly intense working environment, become confident on the phone, improved networking skills and gained construction industry knowledge
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
2/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
2/5
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
3/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
A good amount of support for the first month but was offered very little opportunity to progress beyond that point
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
1/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
1/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
The atmosphere was positive but intense, a good level of energy round the office
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
3/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
2/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
1/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
2/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
It was very intense, mentally draining and extremely repetitive and I was given little support in terms of general welfare and progression
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
2/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
1/5

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at Randstad
4/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Randstad to a friend?
No
What advice would you give to others applying to Randstad
Don't have too high expectations, you're there to be an extra pair of hands to help other consultants make more money
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