Reflecting back on your career path between graduation and your current job; what career decisions did you make and how? I attended any careers fairs between graduation and my current job, but I have been haven’t helped by having a good network of friends and family that I can turn to for advice, and ultimately being the master of my own destiny. In my current role, which I really enjoy, I fell into it by chance as I the graduate scheme so decided to start applying wasn’t enjoying internally and the scheme early. I even heard of Invoice Finance (unlocking the ‘roll off’ hadn’t value tied up in invoices by providing immediate cash advances against a percentage of them, and thereby assisting businesses with their working capital needs /cash flow), nor did I know much about ABL, but a growing market in the UK and a good space to be in currently. it’s What advice would you offer to students who want to get into your area of work? The thing about banking is that it opens you up to a wide range of opportunities and roles, and really down to the individual firstly to make the most of it, and secondly find something that it’s you like and are good at. If you want a job that is relatively secure, fast-paced and one where you are constantly learning, then banking is for you. You have to show drive, initiative, flexibility and a real enthusiasm to learn and more importantly, improve with, and on the job. What general advice would you offer students making career decisions today? Try to be as open-minded as possible. The job market is very difficult nowadays with more and more graduates flooding the market, important to not try and limit yourself to one so it’s job / one particular space, even if it is your dream job. It took me almost 3 years to get into banking, and so if you get what you want first time, take something else for the interim can’t and work towards securing that position you really want. Equally, spread yourself too don’t wide as you want to be able to demonstrate at interviews that not applying for every job you’re going!
Reflecting back on your career path between graduation and your current job; what career decisions did you make and how? I haven’t attended any careers fairs between graduation and my current job, but I have been helped by having a good network of friends and family that I can turn to for advice, and ultimately being the master of my own destiny. In my current role, which I really enjoy, I fell into it by chance as I wasn’t enjoying the graduate scheme so decided to start applying internally and ‘roll off’ the scheme early. I hadn’t even heard of Invoice Finance (unlocking the value tied up in invoices by providing immediate cash advances against a percentage of them, and thereby assisting businesses with their working capital needs /cash flow), nor did I know much about ABL, but it’s a growing market in the UK and a good space to be in currently. What advice would you offer to students who want to get into your area of work? The thing about banking is that it opens you up to a wide range of opportunities and roles, and it’s really down to the individual firstly to make the most of it, and secondly find something that you like and are good at. If you want a job that is relatively secure, fast-paced and one where you are constantly learning, then banking is for you. You have to show drive, initiative, flexibility and a real enthusiasm to learn and more importantly, improve with, and on the job. What general advice would you offer students making career decisions today? Try to be as open-minded as possible. The job market is very difficult nowadays with more and more graduates flooding the market, so it’s important to not try and limit yourself to one job / one particular space, even if it is your dream job. It took me almost 3 years to get into banking, and so if you can’t get what you want first time, take something else for the interim and work towards securing that position you really want. Equally, don’t spread yourself too wide as you want to be able to demonstrate at interviews that you’re not applying for every job going!