I spent my third year of University working for Intelliflo in their finance, marketing and customer support teams. My placement year was designed so that it had a rotation element, giving me a chance to experience multiple areas of the business and the opportunity to develop a more rounded skill base, which wouldn’t have been possible by remaining in one area.
I’m taking a short break from writing about my placement year experience, thankfully meaning the sandwich puns will stop for now. Instead I wanted to write about my views on the younger generation’s knowledge (or lack of) when it comes to finance.
I’ve now passed the halfway stage of my placement at Intelliflo and 7 months down the line I’ve learnt a lot. I’ve been working within the marketing department for two months now and have had some truly unique experiences. It’s again been a great learning curve for me so far, being completely the opposite from the Finance department! I’ve had to adapt quickly, developing new skillsets, using new pieces of software and taking on a lot of responsibility.
I chose my University degree to be a four year ‘Sandwich’ Degree, extending my study from 3 years to 4 with the third year being educational from a completely different perspective – a year working in industry. Forget the text book, this kind of education isn’t something that can be taught in a lecture theatre.
