Omar Rizeq

What I liked: the commitment from my mentor, the drive to inspire us, the mentoring leading to gaining knowledge and advice to become better equipped for our industry What I gained: insight into office life, interview skills and practice, advice from office workers, CV skills, motivation and confidence. Impact: Better prepared when approaching employers, better prepared for office life, widen my thought on my career, prepared me on how to tackle set backs in my career, made me motivated stronger and taught me how to be professional. I perfected my CV and application skills which made job hunting exciting; I was finally getting through to interview/assessment stages of recruitment. The practice interviews and experiencing being in an office during working hours gave me the best insight and preparation ahead of my work placement. I successfully gained the opportunity to work with the ODA for 1 year and I was ready and motivated to succeed thanks to the guidance and advice I received from the scheme. Right from the start I was professional, able to handle pressure and approach difficult situations and this was thanks to the opportunities my mentor gave me of being in the office with him, speaking to his colleagues and seeing first hand how everything worked. We spent a lot of time analysing situations and discussing how to approach them. This gave me confidence to approach my placement with success.

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