Inspiring Interns Newsletter

Please click here if the e-mail below is not displayed correctly   Welcome to another Inspiring newsletter. Big news this week! Inspiring Interns are moving office. If you would like to send us any office warming gifts our new address is 22A Theobalds Road, London, WC1X 8PF. Read on for our latest roles, blogs and news and to find out what skills American Studies student Flora Baker learnt during her internship. Remember our internships lead to full-time roles! Read our latest success story by Cardiff University Graduate, Jordan Brooks here! If you are looking for an internship, why not send us your CV and see what we can do for you. Remember if you have any questions or queries check out our FAQs page or get in touch via phone, email, Twitter or Facebook!       Have a read of our success stories to see who has begun an internship this week and who has earned themselves a permanent job.       Marketing Assistant Marketing & Mobile Sector   Central London, UK 3 months Internship   Apply Now Front End Web Designer & Developer IT, Web Design & Development   Central London, UK 3 months Internship   Apply Now Accounts Assistant Finance   Central London, UK 3 months Internship   Apply Now           Digital Marketing Executive Digital Marketing   Central London, UK 2 months Internship   Apply Now Fashion Production Assistant Fashion   Central London, UK 3 months Internship   Apply Now Business Development Assistant Business Development & Sales   Central London, UK 3 months Internship   Apply Now           Congratulations to the following who began internships last week from the Inspiring team! Amy Jackson, Melissa Tan, Jared Johnson and Noorie Yasmin ...well done! A big well done to Danish Sheikh, Faiza Iqbal, Isabella Melling-Firth and Ella Mullings who started permanent roles last week!     Graduates: don't neglect opportunities within SMEs A recent study conducted by Iconnyx reveals that many university leavers are overlooking roles within small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), even though gaining employment within an SME can often be a fantastic career opportunity for a graduate. The survey found that just 3% of the thirty recruitment consultancies asked believed that graduates preferred smaller companies over larger ones. Click here to read on...         PMQs: Cameron plans to tackle youth unemployment with work experience placements During yesterday's Prime Minister's Questions the Prime Minister was questioned about the recent rise in youth unemployment figures. David Cameron accepted the number of young people out of work was "unacceptably high", but defends his Government's efforts to tackle unemployment. Towards the end of the 30 minute programme, Labour MP Chris Bryant asked the Prime Minister about what actions he is taking to deal with the one million unemployed young people: Click here to read on...   My Internship   Name Flora Baker Age 23 Where is your favourite place and why? San Francisco; I studied there for my year abroad and fell in love with it! Qualifications BA in American Literature with Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. Why did you do an internship? I felt it was necessary to gain exposure to a job sector I was considering working within, but didn't yet know if it would suit me. As it happened, I found I really enjoyed working in an office environment, despite initially maintaining that I would never be that type of worker. What skills did you learn during your internship? I worked in a sales team for a travel company for three months, so I was learnt to work under pressure to deliver good work fast. I became much more comfortable with working to time constraints, learnt a great deal about the travel industry from a company perspective as opposed to simply travelling myself, and decided it's definitely a career I could see myself in the future. Your favourite part of your internship? I really enjoyed feeling like I had true responsibility (I definitely did - this was not a tea making, clock watching internship!) and immediately being part of the team. When I was asked for work and could deliver it promptly without issue, then I really felt like I'd gained a foothold in a field I previously knew nothing about. Any advice for future interns? If you want to find out more about a particular career path that you're interested in but don't have much experience in, definitely go for short term internships with a company. Make sure they at least pay travel expenses, and decide beforehand if you're comfortable with not being paid minimum wage. Ultimately, make sure you'll be getting enough out of the experience because you're not getting paid - if you don't like what you're doing, tell someone and make changes.   Describe yourself in three words Creative, sociable & adventurous.        Universities to pay cash incentives to attract students Universities will pay cash incentives of up to £3,000 to bright sixth formers in an "arms race" for high-quality students. Institutions across the country, including City University London, and Leicester, Surrey and Northumbria universities, are introducing payments to attract candidates with the best exam grades. Click here to read on...     7th Floor Haines House 21b John Street London WC1N 2BP Email: cv@inspiringinterns.com Tel: +44 (0)207 269 6720 Blog Facebook LinkedIn Twitter       If you no longer want to receive our weekly newsletter, you can let us know here.