This is a guest post from Royal Holloway student Fenella Jones on the BSc Management with Human Resources pathway, who is currently undertaking an HR placement at ADP. Staines upon Thames – based ADP is a global company which offers industry-leading online payroll services
& HR software and solutions tailored to individual clients that they
work with. It is so pleasing to hear how much Fenella is benefitting from her placement year experience.
“Taking the role of
HR Intern at ADP has been the best decision I have made as part of my
University degree yet.
first, starting a placement at a global company. But I quickly became settled
in all thanks to the amazing team I work with. They have always been happy to
answer any of my questions or run me through a process.
experience all avenues of HR as well as other areas of the business through my
role. The role can be so vast, but also has core tasks that are carried out
regularly.
on multiple projects focusing on various areas of HR and working with different
people from the team or independently. For example, I updated our Welcome
Centre which provides new starters with useful information before joining, such
as, details about their office location, a first day checklist, a UK benefits
overview and more. It really motivates me to
know my work is contributing to the business and associates' experience.
for certain admin tasks, such as responding to reference requests, writing and
issuing various letters, checking car allowance documents etc.
data analysis, system testing and some Excel work. But don't panic, I am no
excel expert myself and there is always someone to help!
environment, I never knew I could enjoy office life so much. There's often a fun activity taking place in the office you can take
part in. Over the past 7 months I've attended a Bingo session at the
office (and won 😊), enjoyed pancakes on
Pancake Day, organised and attended the Global HR Summit for the Staines team
and more.
past 7 months with ADP and have learnt so much not only about HR but also about
myself. I cannot recommend this placement, the company and team enough. I'm
happy to answer any questions you may have about the role, company, or
placement life so feel free to get in contact 🙂.”
