An insight into engineering success! – David
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
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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You know more than you think you do – Rebecca
Rebecca is a Fine Art New Media graduate from the University of Southampton. She recently completed an internship in Social Media / Digital Marketing with Sea Island Coffee. When I was a teenager I was adamant I was going to be a Disneyland princess; singing, dancing and waving from the big floats, the whole shebang. Alas my voice…
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Art in Graphs, Pie Charts & Excel! – Adaugo
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
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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Putting Theory into Practice – Hanif
Hanif is an Electronic Engineering graduate from Queen Mary, University of London. He has recently completed a Automation and Electronics internship and has since been taken on permanently in the role After graduating with a MEng in Electronics Engineering 2.1 Class (Hons), I jumped eagerly into applying for jobs within my chosen field. For whatever reason I…
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Dealing with the crocodiles nearest to the boat – Fay
Fay is a business and management student from Brunel University who recently completed an undergraduate internship as a project manager for CA Support Services Project Management was always something I enjoyed, and I realised after assisting and managing a variety of projects at university, that this was certainly a field I wanted to expand my…
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