CAREERS
Careers & Mentoring Bekah Walton (F’16) Third Year Mechanical Engineering Student, Loughborough University.
Edward Sheasby (S’17) Graduate Audit Trainee, BDO Global.
“Studying at Loughborough University, I am in
“As of September I will be starting my career
an incredibly fortunate position to pursue both
as a Graduate Audit Trainee for BDO Global
my athletic and academic ambitions. I currently
following the completion of my Geography
train for twenty-five hours a week, which I
degree at the University of St Andrews. I have
balance alongside my Mechanical Engineering
successfully navigated the graduate recruitment
Degree. Although training is demanding and
process for a major company, which might be
requires a strict routine, I have recently become
useful for other ORs.
the British Senior Javelin Champion, and finished fifth at the European Under 23s Athletic
Therefore I am able to offer advice to those who
Competition, Tallinn.
will find themselves going through this process
Our alumni networking platform continues to
either as a graduate or an apprentice as they
gain momentum, with near to 1,000 active users,
I was once disinterested in Engineering as the
Repton Life is an ideal place to re-connect
traditional association with machinery had no
with peers, organise events and share news
appeal. However, the degree at Loughborough
In addition to this, during my penultimate year
and job opportunitiues. In addition to this, The
University has allowed me to combine my
I successfully secured an internship with Baillie
Careers Hub is an area on Repton Life that
passions for STEM and sport, enabling me to
Gifford & Co, where I navigated a competitive
might be useful to find out more about ORs,
undertake further study in Sports Engineering,
application processes.
their experience at university and subsequest
which I find particularly engaging.
career paths. Please do visit The Careers Hub
often follow similar application journeys.
I was totally overwhelmed when I started my
to browse the stories of some of our careers
In my role as a STEM ambassador, I aspire to
career hunting process three years ago and
ambassadors, and do feel free to contact them
encourage more women to consider careers in
any help I could offer fellow ORs would be a
directly using the chat functionality. If you
Engineering. I am grateful to Repton School
pleasure.”
would like to feature in The Careers Hub, please
for supporting my journey when I first joined
contact the OR office or@repton.org.uk
their Sixth Form and shaping the individual I am today.”
Bekah and Edward are part of our mentoring programme and can be contacted through Repton Life for any questions relating to University experience and career pathways. The OR Society are working with over 50 industry ambassadors from the OR community, all available for career advice and guidance. Please contact the OR Society for further details. If you would like to sign up as an industry ambassador and share your own experience and advice, please do get in touch.
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