On January
28th we welcomed the 1st year YIBs to an Information evening which
included a Car Club Challenge Business game run by Enterprise Rent a Car and
concluded with lots of pizza. The Business game was run by Raj Dohil from
Enterprise and final year YIB Kane Nelhams, who did his Management Trainee
placement with Enterprise in 2017/18 and is now the Enterprise Campus brand
manager at Royal Holloway.
interactive game provided students with a great opportunity to put their
business and marketing skills into practice. Students had to decide in which
city Enterprise should next open their Car Club brand and in doing so developed
key skills in communication, teamwork, leadership and presenting. We heard some
good analysis of why students had chosen particular cities to launch their
programme and creative ideas for their big £50,000 Marketing idea. Well done to
all students who got up and presented their team's results!
talked about 4 key focus areas for the YIBs to work on across the Spring/ Summer
term to help them get ready for making applications at the beginning of
their 2nd year.
1.Get actively involved in Societies/ Sports/ Volunteering in order to develop
their skills (eg teamwork, leadership, initiative) for when they make placement
applications/ attend interviews.
2. Set up a Linkedin profile, join the YIB Linkedin group and start networking with Employers. There are
many events on campus this term where students can network including the
Career's Marketing and PR week (w/c 11/2/19) and a number of Employer in
Residence sessions.
More about networking here: http://yearinbusiness.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/networking-guide.html
3. Get work experience! This could be part time work while at University, an
insight week/ summer internship (search sites such as Student Ladder, E4s, Rate
my Placement, Target Jobs) or via your personal network/ Linkedin. The Careers
Service (Davison Building) can provide 1:1 appointments to check CVs and offer
guidance. https://yearinbusiness.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/work-experience.html
4. Attend 2 x Year in Business Workshops in the Spring term and start
practicing for Psychometric tests/ preparing your CV ahead of your return in
September
Workshops for 1st year YIBs are:
( 4 – 5pm) or Tuesday 12th February ( 1 – 2pm)
Psychometric Test workshops Tuesday 12th
March (10 – 11am) or Friday 15th March (9 – 10am)
Previous YIB Alvaro says: “Psychometric tests were an essential for all
my placement applications, in fact they are the key for getting through the
recruitment process of most placements whether you do it online or once you are
invited for an interview. I highly recommend to get your head around these as
early as possible, how they work and what to expect from them as different
companies will have different types of tests” .
Use the Careers and Employability moodle page to
access Practice tests (under Recruitment tests) and CV guidance and check out key questions about Year in Business
(Finding a Placement) here: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/management/yearinbusiness/home.aspx
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previous YIBs :
> Hippolyte Petit : Royal
Holloway Alumnus who completed a Digital Marketing placement student at The
Walt Disney Company and who secured a Graduate job with Sprinkl in New York
through his placement.
guidance to YIBs highlighting the importance of active involvement in societies
and using social media/ Linkedin : http://yibprofile.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/hippolyte-petit-walt-disney-co.html
(YIB) who has already secured a placement for 2019/ 20 with The Walt Disney Company.
Vishank highlighted the value of his work experience during the Summer of his 1st
year and how he believed the skills he has developed as Treasurer of the
University Comedy Society helped him in his placement interview.
Management YIB who completed a Management Trainee placement with Enterprise
Rent a Car in 2017/ 18 talked about the breadth of experience he got from his
role and the value he places in being able to work part time for Enterprise during
his Final year and have a Graduate job lined up for when he finishes.
Other video testimonials from YIBs who have been out on placement can be found on the Year in Business blog:http://yibprofile.blogspot.com/
All presentations from the YIB Information evening can be found on the Year in
Business Moodle page.
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