Busy term of events for 1st year YIBs

It was fantastic to meet the new cohort of 1st year YIBs at Welcome Week and then to see them getting involved at various events across the term.

The Welcome week session allowed our 1st year YIBs to meet those 4th year students returning from their Placement years and hear about their experiences in breakout groups. These students had worked in companies such as Ascot Wealth Management, Enterprise Rent a Car, GE, Hitachi Europe, Menizes LLP, Pfizer, Richard Davies Investor Relations, SAP,Toyota, World First.

The welcome meeting included an outline of the programme objectives and highlighted the benefits of undertaking a placement year:

> To try out a career path and determine if you want to do this long term

> To potentially secure a job offer or be fast tracked through recruitment

> To gain valuable work experience on the CV - highly valued by Graduate recruiters

> To develop increased focus and time management skills - can lead to better Final year results

> Experience increased personal development building self confidence.

Key messages for the 1st years were to get involved, by opting in for a Peer Guide, working towards the Passport Award to enhance CVs; Apply for the Microplacement scheme; Attend Careers and Year in Business events and work hard to secure a 2:1 average as many placement companies seek this.

Follow up events 

Follow up events have included the Go Beyond Fair on October 11^th in the Moore building with many exhibits of the ways students could “go beyond” their studies while at University, including placements, volunteering, societies (enactus and management societies), management ambassadors, CeDAS, peer guides and study abroad. There were  decorations, games, prizes, music, drinks, candyfloss and popcorn for the students. 

1^st year YIBs had the opportunity to talk to Mikaela who did a Marketing placement at AWIN, Ropa who did a Wealth Management placement at Ascot Wealth Management, Neelam who did a placement with Knight Frank as a Client Relations Assistant and Sharon who did an Accountancy Rotation placement with Menzies LLP.

Finally, just before Reading Week we held a YIB Networking Event attended by close to 100 YIBs.

It was fantastic to see so many of the students getting involved in the activities organised by Alex Turner which culminated in students' involvement in the sort of team exercise they may encounter in a future Assessment centre. We loved seeing your team advertisements for the countries and regions you come from ! There was the chance to meet new people, learn some new names, eat Dominos pizza and get experience presenting to a group. Well done everyone who participated!

 

Students were reminded about the importance of securing work experience during their 1^st year such as perhaps an Insight Week/ Summer Internship  (more details on the Year in Business moodle page) 

 

 

Final year Management student, Kane Nelhams, the Campus Brand Manager for Enterprise Rent a Car shared an overview of his placement as a Management trainee within Branch 2017/18 and the opportunities for students to apply for a summer internship with Enterprise. https://careers.enterprise.co.uk/job/london/12-week-summer-internship/24824/9678931