Category: Global Placement Stories

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ โ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ๐ฌ. ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.

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Global Placement Stories: Navigating Your 1st Year & Beyond With a Placement Experience

April 8, 2024

Thousands of students graduate from university with a degree. To distinguish ourselves in the competitive graduate crowd, it’s imperative to highlight our employability and individuality. One way to achieve this, especially as a KCL student, is by undertaking a Placement Year.   Part 1: As a 1st year student To go on Placement, you must… More Global Placement Stories: Navigating Your 1st Year & Beyond With a Placement Experience

Global Placement Stories | Stanislas Jacquet at Capgemini Invent

September 19, 2023

Hello everyone, My name is Stanislas and I have just finished my placement as a Data & AI consultant at Capgemini Invent! It has been a great experience, not always easy but definitely full of learnings. In this post, I would like to share some insights and tips to help you make the most of… More Global Placement Stories | Stanislas Jacquet at Capgemini Invent

Global Placement Stories | Alexandru Matei at Tata Steel

August 16, 2023

Hi! Iโ€™m Alex, and Iโ€™m 11 months into my placement at Tata Steel in Shotton. Itโ€™s been a lovely learning experience, with both ups and downs, which Iโ€™m really grateful for. I would definitely recommend taking on a placement, especially if youโ€™re unsure about what you want to do in the future. You get to… More Global Placement Stories | Alexandru Matei at Tata Steel

Global Placement Stories | Alexia Ambrus at Bank of America as a Scala Developer (Update!)

June 22, 2023

Alexia Ambrus is a current Computer Science student at Kingโ€™s College London. You can read more about her impressions at the start of her placement here, today she reflects on her year on placement! Starting a placement can feel like a very daunting experience. The life transition of coming out of university into the workplace… More Global Placement Stories | Alexia Ambrus at Bank of America as a Scala Developer (Update!)

Global Placement Stories | How to Start a Placement Successfully

May 24, 2023

Katinka Singh is a student in Informatics at King’s College London. In this entry of Global Placement Stories, Katinka Singh gives advice on how to start a placement successfully! Starting a new job at any stage of your career can be a daunting experience โ€“ but maybe more so when itโ€™s your first. The first… More Global Placement Stories | How to Start a Placement Successfully

Global Placement Stories | Esther Okusanya at Microsoft as a Technology Strategist

May 17, 2023

Esther Okusanya is a current Computer Science with Management student at Kingโ€™s College London. In this entry of Global Placement Stories, Esther Okusanya talks about her tips to secure a placement, and what her role at Microsoft entails! Tips for Securing a Placementย  Start earlyย  Utilise Kingโ€™s Careers for reviewing CVs and Cover Letters and… More Global Placement Stories | Esther Okusanya at Microsoft as a Technology Strategist

Global Placement Stories | Hristina-Andreea Sararu at Sainsbury (Update!)

May 5, 2023

Hristina Sararu is a current Computer Science student at Kingโ€™s College London. In this entry of Global Placement Stories, Hristina talks more about what she’s learnt so far on placement and what a placement in data analytics can look like! I am working as Data Analyst in my placement at Sainsburyโ€™s within the Supply Chain… More Global Placement Stories | Hristina-Andreea Sararu at Sainsbury (Update!)

Global Placement Stories | Tayyibah Uddin at Vodafone as a Software Engineer

February 22, 2023

  Tayyibah Uddin is a current Computer Science student at Kingโ€™s College London. In this entry of Global Placement Stories, Tayyibah Uddin talks about how they went from a student attending a KCL Employer speed meet to a becoming a representative at the same speed meet! Why I decided to take a placement yearย  Around… More Global Placement Stories | Tayyibah Uddin at Vodafone as a Software Engineer

Global Placement Stories | Shehzmani Shams at Lloyds Bank as a Software Engineer

February 13, 2023

Shehzmani Shams is a current Informatics student at Kingโ€™s College London. In this entry of Global Placement Stories, Shehzmani Shams describes a typical day at work, and what she’s learnt from it so far. I work in the โ€˜Savings and Investmentsโ€™ lab and my official title within the team is of a Quality Engineer. My… More Global Placement Stories | Shehzmani Shams at Lloyds Bank as a Software Engineer

Global Placement Stories | Melis Bintez at Cayuse as an Application Engineer Intern

February 6, 2023

Melis Bintez is a currentย Computer Science with Management student, and NMES Placement Ambassador, at Kingโ€™s College London. In this entry of Global Placement Stories, Melis Bintez talks about the challenges she faced on placement. My role at Cayuseย ย  This past year, I completed my year in industry with Cayuse, a research management SaaS company based… More Global Placement Stories | Melis Bintez at Cayuse as an Application Engineer Intern