The last week of my placement
All I know is that it flew by. I had planned my work so that during my last week I could take it slow and enjoy what was going to be the last week of a fantastic year at GlaxoSmithKline. Alas though the best laid plans often go awry as I discovered when my supervisor […]
How is an industrial placement year marked?
Depending on which university you go to and which course you study, taking a year out after your penultimate year to work in industry will be graded differently. At the University of Leicester and specifically for the Biological Sciences department (which includes Medical Physiology, Medical Biochemistry etc), taking a year out to work on a […]
How do you feel when it’s over?
I want to ask all you expiring freshers out there, how does it feel now that your first year of university is over? Are any of you the type that gets that jittery feeling of excitement or utter euphoria? Do you just want to go out and party or hide under your duvets and sleep […]
Commuting 170 miles a day
I’m not sure if it’s been made clear from any of my past posts but I commute to work in Stevenage via train, from Leicester. Whenever someone asks me where I live and I say Leicester, they have an incredulous look on their face as I explain that I commute in to work. It takes […]
Two thirds of the way down the line…Unbelievable!
With the Easter holidays just come and gone, I found myself shocked at how it was already April and I was two thirds of the way into my industrial placement year. It will soon be eight months that I have been at GSK and I honestly have no idea where time has gone. I try […]
Globetrotter is I!
Hello again fellow web surfers! Today I thought I’d blog a little about my future plans. As you know I’m a second year, so I suppose you’re probably thinking ‘oh, he’s probably going to blab about modules’ or ‘he’s not thinking post-graduate plans now is he?!?!’. No. I am going abroad for a year between 2nd […]
Part 5: A watched pot never boils…
So you can sit for hours staring at your email inbox, your phone or even the letterbox waiting to hear the results of your interview but you could be putting that time to much better use. No doubt waiting for a response can be the most mind numbing part of any job application process with […]
Part 4: The actual interview
This is the turning point of your industrial placement application process. If you tick all the boxes at this stage then you can be sure to be offered a position. But the obvious problem is that you don’t know what the boxes stand for, but then again neither do any of the other applicants! […]
Part 3: Here come the interviews! The telephone interview:
I remember the first reply I got from one of the pharmaceutical industries I applied to for an industrial placement was a rejection email stating that unfortunately I was not suited for the role. It was a depressing moment as that was when I thought the rejections would come flooding through and it tastes just […]
Part 2: The application form
Continuing on from my last blog post (Applying for an Industrial placement: What does it involve? Part 1: Information sessions), here is my second post based on the application forms you need to complete when applying for industrial placements. Take care. This is a critical stage of the application process and where many applications are […]
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