Here is an article written by Dan Garlick, who
won a competition to be my guest at the National Placement & Internship
Awards. Dan kindly kept a diary of his day and wanted to share his experience
of the NPIAs. It was a pleasure to meet him and glad that he enjoyed the event.
Hopefully some networking on the day will help him to secure a summer placement
later this year in the Financial Sector. Feel free to connect with Dan via LinkedIn if you're recruiting talent. Over to Dan......
07:34 I'm awake,
my flatmate is not. He has work at 08:00, but I'm too busy tweeting to
move from my bed. If you learn anything from this blog do not buy a Tesco's own
iron, it puts more creases in a shirt than you start with. I thought I best
wake him, knock on the door, no answer, text him asking if he is getting up for
work, reply 'No!' It appears that someone else has the day off work and is not
impressed that I woke them, apologies!
Train is on time, however there's
not a place to hang my suit jacket. Lovely spring morning as the train passes
the Olympic Park. Off the train at Liverpool Street and head underground to
Islington for breakfast with my cousin. Back towards the centre, to St Paul's.
I have some time to kill so I visit the Museum of London for an hour and then
search for lunch.
Off to the venue where I meet The Placement Officer who dwarfs me with his sheer height. We get checked in by the RateMyPlacement team, collect our badges and begin to mingle with the other delegates. I'm naturally nervous as I've never been to a networking event but TPO and his university colleagues help to settle the nerves.
The champagne begins to flow, which loosens the tongue a little and the first business card is handed out. I begin to fend for myself and move away from TPO's shadow and try and network myself. There goes another business card ...
Back into the auditorium for the main event, that everybody was there for. Three top class speakers start the ceremony, with The Apprentice finalist Nick Holzherr concluding with a motivational piece in regards to not giving up. Unfortunately The Placement Officer just missed out on his award, however he should of won it! Definitely a top bloke.
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| When Dan met The Placement Officer |
Bento boxes? Are you aware of
these? You get given a wooden oriental style tray and fill it up with food.
Genius. After the food the networking continued and I continued to meet new
people and gain advice.
Back to Liverpool Street, next stop Ipswich, then bed.
Back to Liverpool Street, next stop Ipswich, then bed.
A massive thanks to The Placement Officer for inviting me and congratulations to the winners and also RMP for hosting a great event! I definitely enjoyed my day in the capital.
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