This is a guest post from Royal Holloway Management student Alice Scott who is currently undertaking a placement at Unilever in the Human Resources Function, based in Kingston. The deadline for 2019/20 applications to Unilever's placement programme is November 18th.
Unilever is a
British-Dutch transnational consumer goods company, selling fast moving
consumer goods (FMCG’s) in around 190 countries. London is home to one of the
two global headquarters, the other being in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
Unilever also have 3 global research facilities at Port Sunlight, Colworth and
Leeds, as well as manufacturing sites and distribution depots around the UK.
British-Dutch transnational consumer goods company, selling fast moving
consumer goods (FMCG’s) in around 190 countries. London is home to one of the
two global headquarters, the other being in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
Unilever also have 3 global research facilities at Port Sunlight, Colworth and
Leeds, as well as manufacturing sites and distribution depots around the UK.
Unilever
own over 400 brands selling in global and local markets, including Dove, Lynx,
Hellman’s, Knorr, Lipton, Magnum and Surf to name a few. One of the perks of
working for Unilever is definitely the shop stocked with Unilever products and
free Ben and Jerry’s at lunch time!
own over 400 brands selling in global and local markets, including Dove, Lynx,
Hellman’s, Knorr, Lipton, Magnum and Surf to name a few. One of the perks of
working for Unilever is definitely the shop stocked with Unilever products and
free Ben and Jerry’s at lunch time!
I joined Unilever in June as part of the Learning
Innovations and Standards team, and we support Global Learning (around 60
employees at Unilever) who produce and organise all the learning and training
materials for the whole company. Our team’s role is to help them do their jobs
by giving them all the support and online systems they need.
Innovations and Standards team, and we support Global Learning (around 60
employees at Unilever) who produce and organise all the learning and training
materials for the whole company. Our team’s role is to help them do their jobs
by giving them all the support and online systems they need.
My key
responsibilities include providing support for our online learning platform
Degreed, testing new tools that can be used by the learning team, creating
content for the company to promote a learning culture and assisting our Chief
Learning Officer with the organisation of weekly Learning Leadership Meetings.
responsibilities include providing support for our online learning platform
Degreed, testing new tools that can be used by the learning team, creating
content for the company to promote a learning culture and assisting our Chief
Learning Officer with the organisation of weekly Learning Leadership Meetings.
Alongside my role in the learning team I have had the
opportunity to attend London Pride, campus recruitment events, as well as
teaching school children about self esteem as part of the Dove Real Beauty
Campaign, CV Skills and World Toilet Day teaching 5-7-year olds about
sanitation.
opportunity to attend London Pride, campus recruitment events, as well as
teaching school children about self esteem as part of the Dove Real Beauty
Campaign, CV Skills and World Toilet Day teaching 5-7-year olds about
sanitation.
Working on a global team means that employees working in Learning
are based in locations all around the world, which gives me the flexibility to
work from home a few days a week. My team are very supportive and are always
happy to help – no question is a silly question! I have already learnt so much
in the past 5 months that will benefit me in my final year of study and
post-graduation.
are based in locations all around the world, which gives me the flexibility to
work from home a few days a week. My team are very supportive and are always
happy to help – no question is a silly question! I have already learnt so much
in the past 5 months that will benefit me in my final year of study and
post-graduation.
My advice to students who are currently applying for
placements is DON’T GIVE UP!! I applied for over 25 placements last year and
although it can be disheartening when you don’t hear back / aren’t successful,
when you finally find the placement that is right for you it makes it all worth
it.
placements is DON’T GIVE UP!! I applied for over 25 placements last year and
although it can be disheartening when you don’t hear back / aren’t successful,
when you finally find the placement that is right for you it makes it all worth
it.
Unilever Applications
Unilever currently offer Industrial Placements in HR,
Finance, Supply Chain, Marketing, Customer Development (Sales), Technology
Management and Research and Development. If you are interested in applying for
a placement at Unilever, applications are now open and you can find all the information here:
https://www.unilever.co.uk/careers/graduates/unilever-industrial-placement-programme/. The application process includes an application form, gamified
assessments, a video interview and then an assessment centre. The applications
close on the 18th November and if you have any questions feel free
to get in touch!
Finance, Supply Chain, Marketing, Customer Development (Sales), Technology
Management and Research and Development. If you are interested in applying for
a placement at Unilever, applications are now open and you can find all the information here:
https://www.unilever.co.uk/careers/graduates/unilever-industrial-placement-programme/. The application process includes an application form, gamified
assessments, a video interview and then an assessment centre. The applications
close on the 18th November and if you have any questions feel free
to get in touch!
We were really pleased to see Alice at the recent Call Back afternoon
for YIBs out on placement. Alice is also a buddy to two second
year students currently seeking placements and spent time chatting to 2nd year YIBs at our
Employer Placement event on October 1st and our Pizza/
Games networking evening at the end of October. Thank you Alice for supporting the Year in Business programme!
for YIBs out on placement. Alice is also a buddy to two second
year students currently seeking placements and spent time chatting to 2nd year YIBs at our
Employer Placement event on October 1st and our Pizza/
Games networking evening at the end of October. Thank you Alice for supporting the Year in Business programme!
