Hi everyone! As an insight into my volunteer role at City Year, I would like to show how I use psychology at the primary school I work at. Professionalism My approach to being school staff involves a fine balance between being professional vs being friendly. At the start of the year, I was too friendly and […]
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Hi, I’m Hammad Imtiaz and I should start by mentioning I’m an electrical engineer from Pakistan. Back home, the situation was a bit rough regarding the job market, and at some point, I managed to lose what little interest I had in the electrical and electronics field. However, I still had my lifelong affinity for […]
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Hi everyone, it’s Katey again! Today’s post is about comparing the university’s Professional Development Review (PDR) meeting to the Personal Development Plan (PDP) we have at City Year (CY). As you might already know, the university has placement meetings about our PDRs three times a year with our especially allocated Placement Tutors. On the other […]
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Hi, my name is Nick and I am currently on my 12-month placement with Atos in Sales and Marketing. I study Business Management and will *hopefully* graduate in 2022. As a second year Business Management student, my possibilities for a placement – let alone a job – are far from limited. I wasn’t exactly sure […]
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Hello, if you’re an avid reader of this blog then you’ll remember my two previous posts – ‘Help I’ve broken it again’ and other stories from my Year In Industry so far (part 1) and (part 2). This is more of a reflective post – I’ve been working remotely, writing production code, following Agile practices, […]
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Hi everyone! I’m Maria, an International Event Management student, and I’m currently on placement as an Employability Award Assistant in the Employability & Careers Team. There’s no doubt that undertaking a Professional Training Year is immensely valuable for every student. Here are the top 4 qualities that I developed so far, and that you’ll probably […]
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