YIB virtual Call Back afternoon

On November 24th we ran the first virtual Call Back afternoon for our YIBs out on placement. The afternoon provided an opportunity for YIBs to network with each other on MS teams, share stories about their placements and learn more about the Academic Assessment which they will need to complete by October 2021

 

Mikael Andehn, the new Year in Business Academic Director for Year in Business, shared details of the Case study which students have to complete as part of their Assessment. This is a 5,000 word essay linking the Academic theories studied during the first two years at University in relation to the placement being undertaken. 

The second part of the Assessment is a Personal Development portfolio, made up of 8 STAR examples based on skills the students demonstrate during their placement year. Ed McLean, a Careers Consultant ran a STAR workshop giving students the opportunity to share an example and be critiqued.

 Our YIBs this year are on placement at a range of companies including: Asahi Beer, AWIN,BMW,  Brondby IF (Denmark), Canon UK, Grohe, L'Oreal,  Lazard, London Infrastructure Limited, National Physics Laboratory, Rolls Royce, Samsung, SAP, The Walt Disney Co, Take-Two Interactive, Tinsmith Fabrics, Virgin Media,  VMWare.

We have enjoyed receiving updates from YIBs during the placement review meetings we hold with their managers and also from their Linkedin postings. One of the YIBs we have heard from is Priya who is doing a Marketing placement at L'Oreal. 

 

 

Priya shared details on Linkedin of how, in September, she was able to help work on a product display at #JohnBellandCroydon, and see L'Oréal's  SkinCeuticals on shelf in person. She talked of the product launch of Tripeptide-R Neck Repair, L'Oréal's first ever corrective retinol neck cream and how she had been involved in designing the emails for the launch.

Priya also shared details of how ever year for the previous 10 years, L'Oréal employees have spent an entire work day volunteering and offering their skills to hundreds of social and environmental organisations. This is known as Citizen Day. Unlike previous years, this year’s Citizen Day was virtual. Priya described how rewarding this experience was : how she worked with a group of students from a local high school  to prepare an app idea to pitch to their class. Each group needed to consider the functions, design, costs, advertising, etc. involved in the app’s creation

We are looking forward to seeing the Year in Business students at the next Call Back afternoon, scheduled for February 9th, and hearing more about their placements.