Elliot Spaull: From Super Nintendo to .NET Developer
Our guest blog is written by Elliot Spaull, a Computer Science (Games Programming) graduate from Kingston University, who recently completed a 12 week .NET Developer Internship with Step at IC Design; an independent branding, web and print agency based in Central Hammersmith. Coming out of University and starting the job search was kind of…
Elliot Spaull
Jordan Burton: Design in Action
Our guest blog is written by Jordan Burton, an Architecture graduate from Central Saint Martins, who is currently on a three month Step Graduate Design Technician placement at Benchworks; a specialist interior contractor with extensive experience in the Retail & Commercial and the Museum & Heritage sectors based in Kent. Having completed my…
Jordan Burton
Bhavisha Vanmali: Life after Uni – Industry experience essential
Bhavisha Vanmali is a Business & Marketing graduate from Manchester Metropolitan University who is currently a Research & Marketing intern at Barrs Court Engineering via a Step placement. After graduating, like most people I was still very unsure what I wanted to pursue as a career. I studied Business and Marketing which I really…
Bhavisha Vanmali
Paul Fleckney: Step Alumni Down Under
We love to hear from Step Alumni. With so many folk having participated in the Step Programme over the years, their personal stories provide a real insight in to how a short term placement can open up all sorts of graduate career pathways. Earlier this year, I was able to make contact with Paul Fleckney…
Paul Fleckney
Laura Hussain: From intern to employer another Step success story!
Lara Husain studied Anatomy, Developmental and Human Biology BSc at King’s College London, and started her Step internship shortly after her final exams as she wanted to have experience of working full-time in an office environment. The role was to work in the King’s College London employer liaison team, talking to employers about the various…
Laura Hussain
Giuseppe Silvestri: “Spotting a Rare Beast”; What to do with a Biology Degree
Our guest blog is written by Giuseppe Silvestri, a Reproductive Medicine MSc graduate from University of Kent, who is currently on a six month Step molecular biologist placement at Cell Projects Ltd; a biotechnology business that develops and manufactures an extensive range of products used for DNA sampling and Molecular Biology based in Kent. I started…
Catherine Moore: 12 Month Industrial Placement
Our guest blog is written by Step candidate; Catherine Moore, a Queen’s University, Belfast, masters student studying Chemical Engineering and currently undertaking a 12 Month Industrial Placement at ADM. Having applied to my University for a MEng sandwich course, I had always known that an experience in Industry prior to my final year was…
Catherine Moore
Bethany Pickles: Sandwich Placements at Puma – More than just an intern
Our guest blog is written by Step candidate; Bethany Pickles, a Manchester Metropolitan Undergraduate currently undertaking a Merchandising Sandwich Placement at PUMA. During my second year at Manchester Metropolitan University where I am studying Fashion Buying and Merchandising, we had the option to start applying for placements for our third year studies. Placement year…
Leon Pinnock: ‘No Mean Feat’
Leon Pinnock, a business studies graduate from Leeds Metropolitan University undertook an eight week placement at Silicone Engineering Ltd, a silicone manufacturer that supplies to a variety of industry sectors. The outcome of Leon’s project was to work alongside line managers contributing to the first step in the implementation of new performance management systems. This…
Leon Pinnock
Charlotte Miller: Life after Uni & Step! Why more small businesses should be opening the floodgates
Sitting at the back of a mind numbingly dull evolution lecture in my second year of university I glanced around at my peers and thought to myself ‘what on earth am I going to do with my life?!’ Much to the disappointment of my tutor, I had already expressed my disdain at my prospects of…
Charlotte Miller