It was a very good year
With 2008 drawing to a close, and Christmas only a sleigh ride
away, I thought it was only appropriate to offer a short synopsis
of my year, or what I now come to call... "2000 and
great".
To cut a fairly long story short, I graduated from Birmingham
University in 2007 and spent the rest of that year working to save
money to fund my travels, which began in January 2008.
I started the first leg of my epic journey in Thailand and went on
to visit Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and America, before returning
to the UK in April. Exhilarated having trekked through Fijian
jungles and sky dived from 15,000 feet, I decided to pursue the
next chapter in my 2008 story, which was to start a career in
public relations.
I have wanted to work in PR since I was eighteen, when I spent over
a year and a half working in the media before attending university
in 2004. After carrying out some work experience this summer, I
decided to send my CV to the north
west's best PR agency, Paver Smith, to see
if anyone could offer me any advice about how I could set about
approaching a career in PR.
I was invited to come into the Paver Smith office and talk to
director, Rachel Smith, who
offered me some excellent advice about what top PR agencies look
for in their employees. After our meeting, I went onto do some more
work experience and a month later, to my delight, I received a call
to attend an interview for the Paver Smith graduate placement
programme.
The graduate placement programme offers intensive training to
graduates and is part of Paver Smith's commitment as a recognised Investor in
People and signatory of the government's Skills Pledge (not
forgeting their commitment to achieving ISO 14001 and their success
in securing the consultancy
management standard). After a successful interview I began
working as a Junior Account Executive for Paver Smith in July 2008,
and so my PR career began.
Since I started at Paver Smith I have learned such an incredible
amount from all of my senior colleagues and it is fantastic to be
surrounded by such an enthusiastic, talented, group of people.
Furthermore, I have recently been informed that from the 1st
January 2009, I will be a permanent member of the Paver Smith team
and start the New Year as an Account Executive. It just goes to
show that Paver Smith don't just offer a job, they offer a
career. In the words of the late Frank Sinatra, "it was a very
good year".
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