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During an interview for my first journalism job, I had to do a writing test. I’d been asked to write a few paragraphs about the office I was in – a small unit on an industrial estate in south London. As a football fan, sitting at a desk beneath a massive poster of former Newcastle and England footballer Alan Shearer
If a well designed office can create healthier, happier and more productive workers, it stands to reason that employers will want to continue that in the future.
Before the pandemic, you could say team building and bonding in financial services required less effort. People learned how to work well together by spending five days a week together. Small talk in the kitchen had the potential to become friendships. But when Covid hit, everything changed.
Getting your first job in the financial advice profession can be a chicken-and-egg situation if employers are looking for prior experience that you do not have. How can anyone obtain experience if they are not given a chance to prove themselves? Recent research from online student job board RateMyPlacement found 64%
“For me, it was getting to an age where I thought there had got to be more to life. I was determined to have a more fulfilling life. I wanted to get the work-life balance right and not miss out on things like my son’s sports day,” she says.