Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.

Build relationships with consultants in order that they invest in/advise clients to invest in Amundi products.
Initiate review and frequently re-draft, proof-read and translate marketing materials, website text, presentations and RFPs aimed at Anglophone clients. Ensuring best practice for clients.
Answer RFPs/due diligence requests for UK consultants.
Planning events for clients.

Start of the new quarter so very busy with reporting.
Requesting portfolio data from teams around the globe to complete consultant databases (our 'shop window' on the products we offer - over 450 strategies).
Write Request for Proposal for a consultant who has already invested with us and wants an update.
Ask the performance team in Paris for more data on a specific fund in a different currency.
Liaising with sales teams around the world on their business with consultants and how we can move forward.
Draw up ideas of people to invite to the client Christmas party.
Profile a smaller, as yet untapped, consultant who may be interested in our funds (background on consultant, any key contacts etc).
Get an update on recent fund changes from the product specialists and check this doesn't impact what we have on the databases and if so, update.

Meeting clients; liaising with a range of people across the business; events.

Reporting deadlines; diplomacy and cultural/business understanding when working with international clients/colleagues.

Diverse role profile, good chance to interact with different people, use my language skills.

French, time-management, attention to detail.

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Temped for a while until I started at Robert Walters on the graduate Research team. Headhunting newly qualified accountants out of the Big 4 accountancy firms. After 8 months, I joined the investment management team as a recruiter and built relationships with different types of clients and placed qualified and part-qualified accountants at them.

Moved to AXA Investment Managers before the crisis as as part of the Retail and Institutional Client Service team. Answering client queries and issues, ensuring sales team had all necessary marketing materials and that they were up to date. Preparing presentations for consultant relations team. Also I was heavily involved in the CRM tool's development and roll out in the UK.

My husband was offered a project in Melbourne so I resigned from AXA IM and went with him. I worked at a large Australian bank called ANZ in their FX post-trade relationship team. Basically, ensuring clients used ANZ for any FX transactions and building relationships with small businesses across Australia.

Do work experience during every holiday period. Speak to all the different contacts you have at the university, at your school, friends' parents, applying directly to companies. This work experience is invaluable. I cannot stress this enough.