PERSONAL STATEMENT
Finance in all its forms is one of the most important elements in our lives, whether it is educationally, economically or personally. The details of the changing behaviours within relationships in the economy has always intrigued and fascinated me, which has enabled me to begin my journey to gaining a degree in Business and Economics.
Despite the great interest in my subject, I have also been able to obtain the experience of working in an administration office by volunteering in a company named Wheaton UK. During this opportunity I gained organisational skills along with time management skills, as I was assigned to arrange a number of documents under a time limit. In the course of my stay I also had the opportunity to apply my information technology skills as I had to work on Microsoft Excel to complete various …show more content…
This whole experience granted me valuable knowledge of the structure of a business alongside the factory element, which gave me an understanding of how the whole industry came together as a whole, working community. To gain further insight about my subject I attended 'The Young Investment Banker Programme' hosted by InvestIN. Becoming more informed in this field has helped me immensely by giving me real life situations in the stock market and giving me the opportunity to work in a team with various individuals as well as myself to reach a decision which allowed me to enhance my communication skills as well as develop a keen interest in analysing and understanding how the world of business is influenced by economics. The programme also offered me experience of the difference aspects of an investment banking company by being taught by successful investment bankers themselves, which truly inspired me. Alongside this, I took part with online business simulations which allowed me to trade on the financial
Finance in all its forms is one of the most important elements in our lives, whether it is educationally, economically or personally. The details of the changing behaviours within relationships in the economy has always intrigued and fascinated me, which has enabled me to begin my journey to gaining a degree in Business and Economics.
Despite the great interest in my subject, I have also been able to obtain the experience of working in an administration office by volunteering in a company named Wheaton UK. During this opportunity I gained organisational skills along with time management skills, as I was assigned to arrange a number of documents under a time limit. In the course of my stay I also had the opportunity to apply my information technology skills as I had to work on Microsoft Excel to complete various …show more content…
This whole experience granted me valuable knowledge of the structure of a business alongside the factory element, which gave me an understanding of how the whole industry came together as a whole, working community. To gain further insight about my subject I attended 'The Young Investment Banker Programme' hosted by InvestIN. Becoming more informed in this field has helped me immensely by giving me real life situations in the stock market and giving me the opportunity to work in a team with various individuals as well as myself to reach a decision which allowed me to enhance my communication skills as well as develop a keen interest in analysing and understanding how the world of business is influenced by economics. The programme also offered me experience of the difference aspects of an investment banking company by being taught by successful investment bankers themselves, which truly inspired me. Alongside this, I took part with online business simulations which allowed me to trade on the financial