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.

My role includes;
- Project delivery; Developing client relationships, client management and project delivery across a wide range of sectors
- Administering Psychometric training courses for HR departments so that they can administer, mark and feedback ability and personality tests
- Data analysis and reporting
- Assessment and development centre management
- Competency based interviewing
- Being an expert in which products and services businesses should use in their recruitment processes, and learning and development processes.

There is no such thing! The range of clients I work with spans across retail, banking, tourism, food and drink, transport, you name it, I probably have helped them with their onboarding process. My day to day involves different handover and kick-off calls, depending on which account manager I am working with. From there, I will be left to my own devices to get on with the consultancy work. This can range from data analysis on SPSS, to in-house training courses lasting up to two days, or even designing new assessments from scratch.

The autonomy and the variety of the role. I am always learning or doing something new!

The expectations for high quality delivery are relentless. Also, you can feel sometimes that you don't get enough time to build long term relationships with clients because you are constantly moving from one job to the next.

I knew I wanted to go into the field of Occupational Psychology when I was doing my undergraduate degree at Sheffield. This is exactly the type of career that my two degrees have trained me for.

Arkesden Partners - 2014 to 2015 - Recruitment Consultant
MSc Occupational Psychology - 2015 to 2016 - Goldsmiths, University of London
Positive Group - Data Analyst & Business Psychologist - 2016 to 2018

I plan to develop my skills as a Business Psychologist and definitely see this as a long term career path. I may pursue Chartership in the future, which would then give me the option of practicing Occupational Psychology on my own and may even lead to me starting up my own business.

Give yourself the time to make the right decision for you. When you find your passion for a subject, you'll know exactly how to pursue it.

Stephen  BSc (Hons) Psychology (2005)
Commercial Manager  (Engineering and manufacturing)

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