cmi global apprentice Review

i work in consumer market insight as an apprentice which involves: - studying at an online college both monthly and weekly - managing a budget across brands - managing relationships between a brand team and research agencies to deliver innovation and engagement testing - admin tasks such as booking meetings, sending minutes and agendas

skills i've learnt - budget management, stakeholder management, meeting management skills, business understanding, prioritisation, organisation, communication skills, consumer market insight understanding

- i found the course very difficult and hard to manage alongside the 4 day work role - the job wasnt really what i thought it would be as i thought id be doing marketing but ended up doing research which isnt where my interests/passions naturally lie - i am however very grateful of all the skills i have developed, people i have met and the overall opportunity i was given to work in such a big, corporate company

very structured in terms of the course my job role is not exactly what i thought it would be, i think a do a lot more than i signed up for. it would of been great to have a job description before joining.

not much

not much - i always had to ask for it and always got quite a hostile response

quite well

there is yeah but its hard to have time for these things

Yes

the people the visibility the knowledge you get the variety of job options the perks its purpose

think about your purpose think about why you want to join study the recent activity of the business and its history but also structure network ask for a job description there's so many options