Although we couldn’t celebrate in person with
the Year in Business (YIB) Graduates this year we were thrilled to hear of
their success in their Finals. 70% of the students secured a First Class degree,
which is significantly higher than the total School of Business and Management cohort. A massive 95%
of YIBs secured either a First or 2:1 grade.
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| Loulwa graduated with First Class Honours in BSc Accounting and Finance and has secured a place on a Masters’ degree programme |
everything they have achieved over their 4 years at Royal Holloway, School of
Business and Management. This is particularly in light of the disruptions
caused by the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdown. All students have
shown real resilience in handling the changes thrown at them. This shouldn’t
surprise me – Royal Holloway YIBs show incredible
persistence when securing a placement, which can be as tough as the process for securing a Graduate job. They tend to be very highly rated by their placement providers, and then come back to University and successfully apply their
insights and learnings from Industry into their final year courses. I recall
one of the Graduates last year, Ellen Pearce, explaining that the Placement year
“helped my confidence to grow as well as my abilities and knowledge of
accounting and this massively helped in my final year. I was able to apply real
examples to the modules and had a better understanding of them which helped for
the exams!”
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| Alice graduated with First Class Honours in, BSc Management with Human Resources and will be undertaking a Masters before joining the EY Graduate programme as a Workforce Advisory Consultant. |
Students are graduating into one of the
toughest job markets of recent years. We are delighted to learn of the
successes of many of our YIBs after Graduation (joining companies such as EY,
KPMG, Nomura and Saga to name a few) while others have plans to continue studying (eg enrolment
on Masters programmes). For those who have not as yet secured positions, we
genuinely believe that the skills you have developed and experience gained during
your placement years will help you in your pursuit of a permanent position. We
also want to remind all YIBs that Royal Holloway’s Career Service is available
to support all new Graduates for up to 2 years from leaving the University.
More details here: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/our-alumni/for-alumni/recent-alumni/careers-advice-and-support/
I would like to quote one of the students from
this year group, Andrea Totaro, who was offered a Graduate position with SAP as
Chief of Staff following his placement year at the Company. Andrea says: “I think Year in Business is the
bes thing you can do at University for 3 reasons:
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It gives you business awareness and understanding
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It can help you secure a Graduate job if you give your
best during your placement year
•
It helps you to grow as a person – after 6 months in
SAP I was a completely different person: I gained confidence and I learnt more
about the business “
Another student Shamini Mustoe, who has just
graduated with a First class Honours degree, says on her Linkedin page “I recommend doing a placement year because it
will increase your confidence in a business context and expand your network
vastly before leaving university. It is one of the best time investments you
can make for your career. A big challenge facing graduates is being able to
demonstrate capabilities with little experience in the real world of business.
My placement year (and additional summer placement) has and is shaping me into
a well-rounded candidate aware of real business challenges and flexible to
adapt those skills to any industry”
We hope
this is inspiring to 2nd year YIBs as they return to University in
the Autumn ready to embark on their placement search.
We wish all the best to
the graduating Royal Holloway Management YIBs in the future – do keep in touch!
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