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Employment opportunities, Helping friends, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Shadowing
Schools:
University of East Anglia
WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer:
Young Entrepreneur Society at UEA
Position:
Committee member
Time period:
January 2007 - Present
Description:
This involves helping arrange weekly events and marketing them around campus and in the local area. This position gained me the Norwich Business School ‘Award for Enterprise’
Employer:
Levi Straus UK LTD
Position:
Sales Specialist
Time period:
January 2006 - December 2007
Description:
After receiving sales training, my role was to help customers on a one to one basis throughout their shopping experience. This gained me an insight into customer needs and how these could be met and the importance of good customer service.
Employer:
The University of East Anglia’s Cheerleading Society
Position:
Secretary
Time period:
January 2006 - December 2007
Description:
I was responsible for making sure fees were paid, arranging transport and registration for the annual competitions, informing members of club news and helping with fundraising activities.
Employer:
Tesco
Position:
Customer Assistant
Time period:
January 2003 - December 2005
Description:
While studying for my A Levels at Sixth Form College, I had a part time job working on the checkouts. I had no responsibilities as such, but it was my first experience in dealing with members of the public, which I enjoyed. I took it upon myself to learn where items were placed in store so that I could be of greater assistance to customers.
Employer:
LUUP
Position:
Marketing Internship
Time period:
December 2007
Description:
Through the Shell Step program I was one of 30 successful applicants out of 1000 to be placed on an internship in a small company. I worked at LUUP, a company that enables people to pay, send and receive money via SMS, to create their Christmas marketing campaign. I worked both in a team and individually to research, plan and begin processes for the marketing initiatives. I then presented these ideas to senior management and in meetings and conferences with charities such as the National Aids Trust and other merchants working with the company. My confidence and communication skills grew rapidly and although support was available, the project and outcomes were solely my responsibility.
Employer:
Marsh LTD
Position:
Urgent Payment Administrator
Time period:
December 2006
Description:
I worked in the accounts payable department of Marsh, the world’s largest insurance broker. Working in a team, my role was to handle the first and last stages of processing urgent payments, inputting them onto the computer system and ensuring that they were completed by a tight deadline. After a period of time I was asked to train two new members of the permanent staff.
Employer:
Marsh LTD
Position:
Administrative Assistant
Time period:
December 2003
Description:
As my first job after finishing my GCSEs and before starting my A Levels, I worked in the accounts payable department at Marsh, the world’s largest insurance broker. The tasks given to me were to input data onto the computer system, filing and general administration.
EDUCATION
University:
University of East Anglia
Time period:
2005 - Present
Degree:
Business Management, BSc
INFORMATION
Sports:
• Regularly attend the gym and yoga classes.
• Participate in the inter-school sports tournament at university.
Hobbies:
Reading, travel and music.
Memberships:
• Member of the University of East Anglia Cheerleading Squad.
• Member of the University of East Anglia Young Entrepreneur Society.
Co-Founder of Social Gears (www.socialgears.com) formed to create social networking applications for Facebook, Bebo, MySpace, OpenSocial and the Web. Currently seeking an investor to co-fund application development.
mark@socialgears.com
English, 20, in final year of Business Management degree at UEA, Norwich. Interested in SME development, brand management and Football.
Previous persuits include, Young Enterprise National Finalist, UEA Young Entrepreneurs, Insurance Sales, ...
Indian, 22, Electronics & Communication Engineer, Computer Security Expert, providing managerial services to 3 companies and involved in a number of other projects.
