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There's no better way to gain understanding of what a career has in store than by asking those who have 'been there and done that'. Real World has gathered an extensive portfolio of successful graduates within a large range of careers and posed the questions not answered in your typical careers advertisement sites. We ask everything from "What does your typical day involve?" to "What do you enjoy least about your job?".

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Jonathon Webster

JONATHON WEBSTER - STARTUP SUMMER SCHEME PARTICIPANT

Jonathon Webster is studying Information Systems Engineering at Imperial College London ... more

Victoria Moremon

VICTORIA MOREMON - SOLICITOR

Victoria Moremon is a solicitor working across the private client and residential property and land estates departments at Latimer Hinks. She studied law at Teesside University ... more

Puja Mehan

PUJA MEHAN - TRAINEE SOLICITOR

Puja Mehan is a Trainee Solicitor with Herbet Smith. She studied Law LLB at King's College, University of London. ... more

Michael Skrein

MICHAEL SKREIN - CSR PARTNER

Michael Skrein is the CSR Partner for Reed Smith. He studied modern history at Oxford before doing and MA in international relations in California. ... more

Dr Anna Armstrong

DR ANA ARMSTRONG - CHAIRMAN

Dr Ana Armstrong is Chairman of Distinction Asset Management ... more

Jon Bankhead

JON BANKHEAD - POLICY ADVISOR

Jon Bankhead is a Policy Advisor with the Department of Environment & Climate Change (DECC) ... more

Usmann Ahmedi

USMANN AHMEDI - ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

Usmann Ahmed is a Graduate Electrical Engineer with Atkins. ... more

Nafisa Shafiq

NAFISA SHAFIQ - PR INTERN

Nafisa Shafiq studied for a BSc in marketing at Bradford University school of management. She’s now an intern with PR firm Northern Lights. ... more

Laura Wilkinson

LAURA WILKINSON - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

Laura Wilkinson studied landscape architecture at the University of Sheffield. She’s now a Landscape Architect. ... more

aimee

AIMEE BROUGHTON-BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ANALYST

Aimmee Broughton completed her undergraduate and master’s degrees in physics at the University of Oxford. She is currently a business development analyst working for Centrica in the Netherlands. ... more

Callum Bennie

Callum Bennie - Senior Document Controller -

On a daily basis I will typically be processing documentation into ASSAI (an Oracle-based document control system) and producing ad hoc reports for engineers which detail all documents which need to be submitted or that have been rejected. ... more

Phil Scott

Phil Scott - Deputy Treasurer - Vodafone Group Services Ltd

After initially leaving University and focusing on completing my accounting qualification I soon felt I wanted a more commercial role with a scope to both add value to the business and become involved in a wide variety of projects and transactions. ... more

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Rizwana Mahmood - work experience - America

On my placement year I worked on death penalty cases in Kansas City Missouri and Jackson Mississippi in America for a year. ... more

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Farah Bachache - Client Executive at Burson-Marsteller

In a nutshell, PR works to influence the opinions and attitudes of consumers toward a company (and its products), by raising its profile in the media. ... more

Laura Esslemont - English Literature

Laura Esslemont -Production Controller- Hodder & Stoughton

I work at Hodder & Stoughton as a production controller. I am responsible for the H&S backlist ? all the reprints, special sales and also a handful of new titles as well. ... more

Amy Albright - Fine artist

Amy Albright - Fine Artist

It was a real turning point for me. I remember visiting art galleries and seeing paintings that inspired me and thinking how I would like to produce paintings that would have that effect onother people. ... more

Elena Giorgiu - Graduate Transport Planner

Elena Giorgiu - Graduate Transport Planner

I’m on a scheme that consists of four, six-month placements in different business areas. I am currently based in Policy and Strategy where we formulate policies and proposals for the future of transport in London. ... more

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Jonathan - Business Analyst - McKinsey & Company

From project-to-project I have found myself working on strategy, market-entry, pricing and operations across the retail, media, consumer goods, finance and telecoms sectors. ... more

Luka Lowres

Luka - ESCP Europe - Master in Marketing and Creativity, Class of 2011

After I finished my Bachelor in Business Administration at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, I completed an internship at L’Oréal Germany, gaining some experience as a Trade Marketing and Key Account Manager in the division for luxury products. During this internship I realised that in the future I would like to work in the field of Marketing and Sales. Therefore, I decided to enhance my knowledge in the specific field of Marketing as a continuance to my undergraduate studies. ... more

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Shahbaz Ali - Accounting and Finance - Newcastle Business School

I decided to continue my studies because the university was launching this new MSc accounting course where I could gain a masters degree and a professional accounting qualification. ... more

Phil Scott

Phil Scott - Deputy Treasurer - Vodafone Group Services Ltd

After initially leaving University and focusing on completing my accounting qualification I soon felt I wanted a more commercial role with a scope to both add value to the business and become involved in a wide variety of projects and transactions. ... more

rizwana

Rizwana Mahmood - work experience - America

On my placement year I worked on death penalty cases in Kansas City Missouri and Jackson Mississippi in America for a year. ... more