of Management Networking Drinks Reception in Royal Holloway’s stunning and
historic Picture Gallery. We were delighted to welcome 2nd year Year
in Business students seeking placements, 3rd year Management
students currently out on placement, 4th year students back from
their placements, Academics with an interest in Employability, Alumni and local
companies offering placements.
We welcomed those working at Asahi Beer, Ascot Wealth Management,
Handelsbanken, Honda Europe, MGN Events, Prospect Soft and SAP. Our final year
Management YIBs who attended represented a large range of additional companies including
AWIN, Enterprise Rent a Car, GE, GSMA, HBO, Hitachi Europe, Knight Frank, Menzies
LLP, Oracle, Porsche, Richard Davies Investor Relations, Toyota, Travelport and
Winser London.
It was great to see networking in action with students
selecting a colour sticker to represent how they felt – were they looking for
inspiration, looking to share a placement story or were they more established with
knowledge to impart? There was a lovely buzzy atmosphere as those in the group
exchanged stories, contact details, information over a glass of fizz and
selection of canopies.
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| Waiting for everyone to arrive! |
One of our YIB students, Amandip Chand, currently out on placement at Honda Europe, attended the YIB drinks with her manager. Amandip said “I have had the
best 6 months at Honda so far. When looking for a placement, I hoped I would
find a placement that would allow me to have a “real” job and Honda
have certainly provided me with that. I've had the best opportunities to work
on amazing projects and experience first hand what HR Operations looks like. Honda have
placements in many areas and I would urge you to apply for an enjoyable and
challenging Year in Business! “
This year at Royal Holloway we have established a buddy system whereby 2nd
years can be linked to a buddy in either the 3rd of 4th
year who has already secured a placement. It was good to see a number of the
buddies meeting up at this event. Any other Management YIBs seeking a buddy
should contact MN-YIB@rhul.ac.uk or drop
by the Placements Place.
Links to placement vacancies you may have heard about at the Networking Drinks (these have also been emailed out in the weekly YIB bulletins to 2nd years)
>. Ascot Wealth Management – check the Royal Holloway Careers' Portal
> Enterprise Rent a Car: https://careers.enterprise.co.uk/internships-placements
Management trainee interviews at Royal Holloway on December 6th
> GE –
https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Jobs/GE-Jobs-E277.htm
> HBO
https://www.warnerbrosplacements.co.uk/
> Honda Europe : https://www.ratemyplacement.co.uk/company-profile/4566/honda-motor-europe
> MGN Events –https://www.mgnevents.co.uk/about/careers/
> Oracle
https://www.ratemyplacement.co.uk/company-profile/397/oracle
> Prospect Soft:
https://placements.prospectsoft.com/Downloadables/prospectsoft%20placement%20brochure%202019-2020%20programme.pdf
> SAP
https://www.ratemyplacement.co.uk/company-profile/1172/sap
> Toyota
https://www.jobtrain.co.uk/toyota/vacancies.aspx
> Travelport
and 4th year YIB students took on a different feel. The students
were divided into teams and were given a task to work through , simulating the
sort of group exercise they would face in an Assessment Centre. The teams had
20 minutes to create a Placement outfit, using bin liners and sticky tape. It
was fantastic to see the different year groups working together to produce
their outfits and then to parade them on the cat walk to their
chosen music in front of a group of student judges!
creation. The teams enjoyed Dominos pizza to conclude the event. Some met their
buddies for the first time this evening and again it was great to see the
mixing of year groups and the exchange of stories.
