John

Faculty of Business

John was working full-time for an energy company as a Customer Service Adviser in January 2011. By June 2011 he had made the transition to a graduate Account Assistants role with one of the big four accountancy firms.

Business graduate, John, was working full-time for an energy company as a Customer Service Adviser in January 2011. By June 2011 John had made the transition to a graduate Account Assistants role with one of the big four accountancy firms.

When asked about his motivations for the role in January, John stated his reasons were he just wanted a bit of experience and to build up his CV, because he had always wanted to work in accounts and hadn't really sorted anything out career wise as a student. Once John had got a bit of experience he then became really focused. With hindsight John wishes he had undertaken a year in industry or study abroad year.