Social Matters and Natters

Meet my boy Monty, cute right?! I am going to use him to market my blog today, seeing as at the moment cat's seem to have it all! Marketers have definitely done their research when looking into using our feline friends to promote products and services. And the worst thing is I am a sucker for it all! Throw a cat in and I am hooked! So here are a few of my current favourites.... Do you love cats? Would they purrr-suade you to buy anything?! Let me know! :) Lets get social! Get  tweeting  or  LinkedIn Disclaimer: This blog reflects my own opinions, not those of my employer.

So I am very lucky in that I got a placement year whilst at uni as part of my sandwich degree which (I think) has played a crucial part in me getting my graduate job. I worked for a year in a marketing department and get a wealth of experience, which set me up for my final year at uni. Alongside this I got additional work experience on the client side, with Orange Juice Communications , so that I was heading back to uni with a better understanding of both and also some direction for when it came to applying for graduate roles. These both aided my knowledge for final year projects too! I guess the point of this blog is to beg you to give someone who is in the same position I was a chance.... I know how valuable this experience is and I cannot encourage you enough to take someone on and share your knowledge with them! I'm not saying it has to be a year long thing (although that would be incredible!) but a week or so would provide someone with so much!  Have a think about it! An