responsibility and that is really exciting and made it a very useful experience and a real asset for my CV. I had one direct contact who was really lovely, approachable and useful in guiding me, but all other members of the team were also very approachable and kind. I was really pleased to have been invited to a work lunch so I could meet some of my colleagues face-to-face, which made a big difference! Daily Life I managed most of my work through Microsoft Teams, Excel and Word. Every morning at 9am I would log into Teams, get on with my tasks or have a morning meeting with colleagues. I worked quite independently but with daily check-ins. I tried to stay online all day, but sometimes took breaks (if the weather was nice) and just worked in the evening instead, which was fine as long as I attended meetings. Lasting Impressions I was a little worried about remote working with people I'd never met before, but I was really pleasantly surprised by my colleagues who were so lovely and welcoming! The work was also really interesting, which definitely helps when you don't have much of the social aspect to spice up your day. Working for them part-time flowed so naturally, it would have seemed odd to end my work after 2 months, I just became part of the company so quickly. I'm really glad they felt the same way and kept me on.
SELINA FINANCE Oscar Brisset, Magdalen College, Second Year Undergraduate, BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics, In-person internship Work Projects Selina Advance is a start-up that provides a unique product in Europe called a Home Equity Line of Credit. They are about to raise their Series B funding round, and part of this consists in convincing investors that there are international growth opportunities. My job for 9 weeks was determining which countries they should expand to.
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