Year in Business networking event – Monday 9th October 2023

There was a buzz in Royal Holloway’s Business school foyer on Monday evening as students who have already benefited from a placement experience shared their insights and advice with the 2^nd year students who are just starting their journey to secure a placement of their own.

 

We welcomed a number of students currently on placement alongside final year Business students (YIBs), just back from their placement years. Many of our final year YIBs have signed up and undertaken training to be Year in Business Mentors to the 2^nd years and we are grateful for the support they will offer these students in the year ahead.

Our Year in Business students have undertaken a range of placements including Accounting/ Finance, Business operations, Consultancy, E-Commerce, HR, Licencing, Marketing, Recruitment, Sales.

These students represented a number of companies including De Vere hotels, Enterprise Holdings, GE Power, Haleon, Hays, IBM, Kenvue, L’Oreal, Menzies LLP, Mercedes, Microsoft, NBC Universal, Recognise bank, RSM, The Walt Disney company as well as a number of SMEs local to the University. We were also joined by the Wiser Academy Rep who spoke to 2nd year students about placements in a range of companies including KPMG and L'Oreal.

The evening started with an introduction from the new Year in Business Director, Dr Kerrie Howard who welcomed the 2nd years and reminded them of the support available in the year ahead. The evening concluded with pizza – always popular at our Year in Business events!  2^nd year YIBs now have the opportunity to book 1:1s for further guidance on their CVs/ Applications and attend a number of workshops over the term to help them as they make their placement applications. Any questions should be directed to the Placement Place office – MN-YIB@rhul.ac.uk