Hello and welcome to my first blog!
Over the next few months I hope that from my experiences I can give other students information, confidence and an insight into the placement year that they will face as part of their university experience.
My name is Hannah and I study Public Relations as the University of Gloucestershire as part of my course I have to complete a placement year in the industry.
This was the main reason why I chose to do this course, you hear of so many students struggle after university to get a job they want because they have a lack of experience (or none).
You can have all the qualifications in the world but what you will find when you go to interviews for either a job or your placement is that employers want to know if you have relevant experience.
I knew that my placement year would be a vital part of my course so deciding where and what I did was important.
As part of my placement this year I have managed to secure my self three different placements.
First I will be at Heart radio station in the sales and marketing team for three months, after this I jet off to Dubai for six months working for a PR agency and finally after my return from Dubai I will be working in the press office at Exeter University for two months.
Doing three different placements is something that I chose to do and something I knew I would beneift from. I wanted as many different experiences as possible so I have found placements that are all different in job roles and duties.
- My placement at Heart has already started it began in July and is more business to business PR focused.
- PR agency in Dubai will be consumer PR focused
- Exeter University will be more research and local news related combing both consumer and business to business
Over the months I will write blogs on each of these placements and hopefully share my experiences with you :)
Hopefully you will enjoy what you read, find it helpful and if you have any questions then please don't hesitate to ask questions.
Happy blogging,
Hannah
