The following is a Graduate Review for Cancer Research UK.
Cancer Research UK scores 3.5/5 based on 49 reviews.
All reviews are based exclusively on results of feedback from employees from Cancer Research UK. Employees are asked to rate Cancer Research UK on a wide range of work place topics, which is broken down through star ratings on the right hand side.
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What are the Best and Worst things about your job?
Best
Meet lots of different people from different teams and get to know what other people do in the charity.
Everyone is really committed, work hard and friendly/ happy to help.
Work is really interesting and relevant to external environment (policy work and healthcare system interactions).
You get the chance to take part in extra charity work e.g. bucket collecting, helping at fundraising events, staff fundraising.
Worst
You don't get the 'perks' that many corporate companies do-but equally you feel more valued doing work in a charity than a corporate business.
Rotational aspect can be challenging- settling in to a new team and a new project every 6 months can be hard!
What is the annual salary for this role?
Starting salary: £23,000 - £25,000
Current salary: £23,000 - £25,000
What hours do you actually work, on average?
Start: 09:00
Finish: 17:00
What advice would you give to someone applying to this role?
Use recent examples. Show that you know about what CRUK does, specifically the department that you're applying for. e.g. recent campaigns, recent policy work.
Do you have any interview tips?
Use STAR, know your stuff about CRUK, be passionate, show how you can cope with change and uncertainty.
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