Rating

10/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
  • I'm presently shadowing someone in my team with the vendor Palo Alto, and we're trying to pitch Palo to our internal sales team so that they can urge their customers to acquire Palo Alto's cyber security products. This is done by training days to educate them about the products they will be selling, account mapping for the external Palo Team they know which one of our internal sales team they would like to contact to bring more revunue.

    10/10

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • Yes

    10/10

  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
  • I enjoy it everday

    10/10

  • 4. How well organised/structured is your programme?
  • Very Organised as we have 1:1 with our 'mentors' bi weekly for if we have any questions

    10/10

  • 5. How much support do you receive from your employer?
  • A lot my manager helps me all the time if I have any unanswered questions and all around it's a great environment to be in.

    10/10

  • 6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
  • I receive a lot of support as I said in my previous answer they set calls with me bi weekly and every 3 months it's a meeting with my manager to show my progress within the programme

    10/10

  • 7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
  • The modules we learn help significantly within the role as at the beginning of my programme one of the modules was how to structure emails and they lay out of them and the right ways and differences to communicate with people within a work environment.

    10/10

  • 8. Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
  • Yes there is Woman in Tech social networking group and as there is a multicultural networking group which has boosted my confidence as a woman of colour.

    10/10

  • 9a. Would you recommend Softcat to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 9b. Why?
  • As it's a very fun environment to be in and everyone is friendly.


  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Softcat?
  • Be yourself because being authentic gets you far in this job role.


Details

Level 3 Apprenticeship

Cyber Security

Bishopsgate

May 2024


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