Putting Engineering Principles into Practice – Konstantinos

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Konstantinos is a 2016 Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics Masters graduate from the University of Patras in Greece. He has recently embarked on a permanent role as a Graduate Technical Support Engineer with L.B. Foster Automation. Eight months ago I was still in the process of writing my dissertation, as part of an integrated 5-year master’s…

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Finding a career for life – Leticia

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Leticia is a Maritime Business and Logistics graduate from the University of Plymouth. She has recently completed a Graduate Internship as an Accessories & Parts Management Co-ordinator. She has since been taken on permanently in the position. In this blog Leticia guides us through the first two months of her Accessories & Parts Management Co-ordinator…

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Art in Graphs, Pie Charts & Excel! – Adaugo

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Adaugo is a Psychology student from the University of Birmingham. Over the summer she completed an IPA AdMission internship with iris London. Before starting my internship, I had no idea what to expect, everything was going to be new and shiny. Advertising had always intrigued me but I wasn’t sure what role I could play…

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Creativity is key – Aiyanna

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Aiyanna is a Creative and Professional Writing graduate from the University of South Wales. She has recently secured a permanent role as a Graduate Bid Writer. Your first full time job as a creative often offers a palette of unavoidable questions: will I become a big corporate sell out? Are my skills up to scratch?…

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From Step placement to finalist of undergraduate of the year! – Amrit

Amrit is a Business Management student from The University of Birmingham. For his placement year he joined Allegion (UK) Ltd. Amrit has recently made the final of the ACCA Future CFO Undergraduate of the Year competition. I saw the initial vacancy on my University’s career page and applied straight away. After reviewing my CV, Tamsin…

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From indecisive psychology student to ambitious programmatic trader! – Lexi

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Lexi is a 2nd year psychology undergraduate from the University of Leeds. Over summer 2016 she completed an IPA AdMission internship as a Programmatic Trader with Mindshare, a leading media agency who’ve worked on advertising campaigns for the likes of Three, Unilever and Jaguar  In this blog Lexi tells us about the skills and experience she…

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An insight into engineering success! – David

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David is a Mechanical Engineering Graduate from the University of Southampton. He has recently completed a Graduate Mechanical Designer Internship with L.B. Foster Automation In this blog David gives us a step-by-step account of his journey from new graduate to his first weeks on the job, in his graduate internship.  Despite studying engineering for four…

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From Carpet Fitting to Market Researcher! – Chris

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Chris is a Sports Business Management Graduate from Leeds Beckett University. Chris successfully completed a 12-week internship as a Market Researcher with an established manufacturer. He has since been taken on permanently in the role. After handing in my last piece of work at Leeds Beckett University in May, in sheer desperation to keep my…

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The fascinating field of digital forensics – Beth

Beth is an English Literature graduate from the University of Edinburgh. She has recently completed a graduate business internship at Create Intelligence, a specialist provider of data-analytics solutions to law enforcement, government, and defence agencies. Originally Create came to Step to find an intern to help out with product testing and training coordination. Beth was…

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Personal Development and Industry Experience – Andrew

Andrew is an Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduate from the University of Plymouth who has recently completed an internship as a Graduate Electronic Designer for a company based in Cornwall. He has recently accepted a permanent position with the company. Andrew attended the University of Plymouth as a mature student with a background in auto…

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