Name of Student: Lucia Janigova
Degree Subject: BA Anthropology
Job Title: Administrative Assistant
Company Name: University of Exeter
Type of Internship: Student Campus Partnerships (SCPs)
What were your key duties and responsibilities during your internship?
Helping with the adminsitrative aspect of running the Professional Pathways programme. This included responding to student emails, recording data from applications and email correspondence, preparing for the training week and helping with running of the training week.
What was your biggest achievement on your internship?
I believe my biggest achievement during my internship was the training week itself. We had to manage a lot of different parts of the programme while running it and for me personally it was challenging especially because of the high number of people we met, introduced to each other and in general made sure were enjoying the week while we were simultaneously responding to any issues that arose.
Were there any challenges and how did you overcome these?
Skills Learnt:
- Ability to Work Under Pressure
- Organisation
- Decision Making
Attributes Developed:
- Personal Awareness
- Work Ethic
- Professionalism
Your message to other students considering a similar job role, organisation or sector?
My internship with the Professional Pathways was a great experience. I had the chance to meet amazing people and learn more about the behind-the-scenes work that goes into running such programme. I have personally learnt a lot, whether it be improving my written and spoken professional communication, managing my time around many small tasks and prioritising between them or putting my creativity into use to promote the programme. It was an all-round experience and a great opportunity to develop further professionally.