UKI BTS People Partner Support Review

Item: UKI BTS People Partner Support at IBM
Rating: 4.7
Author: Anonymous

at IBM

Placement (10 Months+)

Business Operations

London

Review Submitted: June 2023

Overall Rating

4.7 /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!

4/5 - Overview of Role

4.8/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - 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.

- Support BTS People Partner – GOAL OF DRIVING EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
- Support in key process such as B-9 Promotions
- Support in drive of people agenda for 2023
- Other half
- Support BTS GP Lead
- Management of BTS Calendar, operations and comms – eg newsletter – coordinate leadership meetings etc

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes - a lot of responsibility. Sending communications to 1,600 people regularly. Coordinating and managing regular meetings for Senior Leadership Team. Analysing performance data for promotion rounds, and being involved in key decision making meetings.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

4/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Adaptable – juggle multiple demands and working for different leaders with differing styles
Extremely driven – going above and beond - contribution to broader inititaives
Communicator – ability to deliver message (written or orally) and communicate to delivber outcome in a team but also to senior leadership
Proactivity
Time management skills

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?

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?

A really good amount - career coach provided me with several opportunities to learn and grow. Guidance on tasks i undertook, regular feedback on how i can improve.

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?

4/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Really inclusive and supportive. Everyon wanted to help one another. Friendly culture.

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 really enjoyed my placement and feel that is has been so valuable in helping to grow both professionally but also personally. I enjoyed and looked forward to working everyday and will miss it a lot!