Due to Covid-19, Indeed had to make big adjustments to accommodate our employees working from home. This included our newly onboarded Tech Interns across our offices in EMEA. We spoke with two of our Business Intelligence Interns, and hear what they had to say about their remote internship experience.
“I thought the company on-boarding was perfect. I met a lot of the team and had 1:1 meetings explaining a lot of the technology that was used at Indeed,” Enda Kenneally, a Business Intelligence Analyst intern based in Indeed Dublin, said.
He added he was able to quickly understand the processes and technology used at Indeed, which meant he could get started on work within the first couple of weeks.
“Support from my team was also excellent,” he said. “Working from home was a new experience for everyone, and dealing with an intern while doing this must have been a strange experience for the team. Despite this, a lot of the people that I met at Indeed were more than happy to help me with whatever I needed which was greatly appreciated!”
David Motyer, another Business Intelligence Analyst intern also based in Indeed Dublin, shared similar sentiments.
“The onboarding for me was very seamless and efficient. From getting sent all my equipment the week before I started, to the onboarding sessions and training,” David said. “My calendar already had all my onboarding and training zoom calls laid out and made it very easy for me to prepare for the week and know what to expect.”
David also found the daily meetings he had with the Dublin team members and individual one on ones with either a team member, manager or mentor helped him feel a part of the team very quickly, and felt that they treated him more like a full time analyst, rather than just an intern.
“I definitely recommend having frequent meetings if you are working remotely, as it settled me and it’s valuable for making connections with other team members,” he shared.
For Enda, the regular meetings helped him stay caught up with projects he was involved in.
“This helped me feel more involved in what was going on with the team,” he said. “Whenever I had a question that needed to be answered, or a problem that needed to be solved, anyone I asked on the team was more than willing to help me.”
David added attending the regular company virtual town halls and Q&A sessions with senior leadership members like Indeed CEO Chris Hyams and COO Dave O’Neill were very valuable.
“The Q&As with Chris and Dave kept me in the loop regarding the company’s next steps during the pandemic. In general I felt I was always up to date and knew what was going on,” he said.
Indeed is delighted to be able to provide this top experience for our interns. It is important that their experience remained at the same high level of experience of previous interns and with the support from onboarding, training and managers we were able to achieve this. Indeed is committed to our Internship program and invest in them like full time employees.
To learn more about our internship program, click here.
