Industrial placement Review
at Unilever
Placement (10 Months+)
Mechanical Engineering
Manchester
Review Submitted: May 2023
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
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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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.
Providing a daily OEE dashboard which condenses all sources of manufacturing loss time and grew of these sources. This is then sent to key stakeholders
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was trusted with confidential data and worked alongside many different people on a multimillion pound project
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 have learnt a lot about excel vba coding. Learnt about all the start to finish process of making tea from plantation to cup
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?
I had weekly 1 to 1 meetings with my manager to discuss what has been done in the past week and planning for what is needed to be done for the coming week
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?
There are people from a wide array of of backgrounds. The offices were quite informal and so allowed me to talk to the people sitting next to me and allowed me to get to know their roles in the company
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?
I throughly enjoyed my placement, it has exposed me to a potential career option after I graduate from university. It has also shown me how a 9-5 job operates as previous to this I was doing 0 hour contract jobs.
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 Unilever
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Unilever to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Unilever
Try to learn as much as you can about the process prior to arriving to hit the ground running. It will also impress the managers if you already have background knowledge of the machines/ systems in place.
