DTSP Review

My role requires one day a week which is declared as a study day. In this day I complete all my university work and ensure I am on top of all assignments. We have knowledge, skills and behaviours which we learn during the degree time. These knowledge, skills and behaviours are then adopted to the workplace where we apply these to our day to day role.

I have became more organised in terms of managing my job and my degree. I have also learned business skills that I can apply to my daily job. Some of the most valuable skills I have learnt are project management and planning and marketing, sales and customer service.

Personally, I very much enjoy my degree apprenticeship. I enjoy learning new information and I very much enjoy applying it to the workplace as this reinforces what I have learned.

I feel the course is very well structured and organised.

The support I have received has been excellent. I am able to put in our team planner when assignments are due and the team are supportive and helpful around these times.

I’d say there could be improvements in terms of actually being supportive with helpful feedback. However, overall I would say it is OK.

I do very much believe that the work I do, reflects in my job role and helps me perform better. This is because I am now applying the leadership skills and also looking out for particular areas I am familiar with to make connections.

Yes, at IBM there are so many social events and activities to take part in. I am apart of some networking events that occur. These are more one off events rather than a social.

Yes

IBM is an amazing diversified business to be apart of. The amount I have learned in such a short space of time is brilliant, but also I am surrounded by great minds who inspire me every day. My role models are now my colleagues and my efforts to my degree apprenticeship and my role are now amplified due to the support I receive and the positive attitudes I am surrounded by.

Stick to a routine. Ensure in the mornings you prepare for your day, write down the main tasks for the day and work through them in an order of priority each day. Practise taking on constructive criticism and make sure to apply it. IBM employees have a standard to their work and you need to be able to take on feedback without taking it personally. Try to network and be face to face with colleagues as much as possible. I’d say working on organisation and effective communication is the most important traits to try to accomplish.