I have joined the 2nd Years as a Financial Director on their venture to enter the Young Enterprise Awards Competition, although I have joined late and after they have won the University finals we are now heading for the North West Regional Finals and then hopefully on to the UK Finals which will lead to the European Finals.
Yesterday we ventured to the Bentley Motors Young Enterprise Start Up talk.
Despite feeling pretty awful all day as I was not feeling too well, I decided to still go as we had an opportunity to meet some of our competitors in the competition and it was also a chance to hear about Bentley Motors Graduate/Undergraduate Schemes.
They have an amasing program for University Graduates and Undergraduates and although they are a relatively small company compared to their competitors they take on over 200 University Students on their graduate/undergraduate schemes.
It was interesting to hear from some Graduates talking about their experience with Bentley Motors, and I was pleased to see there were also a few more mature students that attended besides myself.
Their schemes are quite impressive and allow the students to grow and experience different roles within the company and some continue on with Bentley Motors after their studies have finished.
The quality of their training scheme matches the brands high class image and is extremely luxurious in its content, and they look after their students with a nurturing attitude.
Although not many creative positions are available for students in the creative fields such as photography, the business skills positions are in abundance and I believe they are developing ways to incorporate creative positions.
You can see why they are as lucrative and as successful as they are as they do take the best of the best in student terms and nurture them, I was very pleased to hear that Universities such as Sheffield Hallam are among those taken on and it is not just the cream of Universities such as Oxford and Cambridge that get a look in, in fact there are few that are.
I was very impressed and it gives me some hope to hear that age is also no barrier for entry to a company such as Bentley Motors, as they take people on their ability and not their age, so I would have some hope if I decided to apply, although I doubt that would be the way I go with my future, but it was nice to know that it was an option.
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