{"id":221,"date":"2024-02-23T18:35:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T18:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/?p=221"},"modified":"2024-02-23T18:35:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T18:35:14","slug":"andy-was-always-ready-to-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/2024\/02\/23\/andy-was-always-ready-to-help\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Andy was always ready to help&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Oumou Djawane graduated from The University of Kent in 2021 and has secured a role as an Assistant Accountant at Com Laude. <\/p>\n<p>Oumou was connected with the SafetyNet+ scheme by the Careers and Employability Service.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-222 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/files\/2024\/02\/Oumou-Djawane-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"377\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Original Status<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Graduated from the University of Kent in 2021 and looking for work.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Support Provided:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Gradcore provided practical support with job searching and CV reviews as well as motivation to keep searching and applying for jobs. Oumou was given interview support with the first and second rounds of interview before securing a role as an Assistant Accountant.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What Oumou Found Most Valuable:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u201cAndy was always ready to help and try to fit me whenever I wanted to discuss a topic with him. He really played a big part of helping me prepare for my interview and tailoring my CV.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How the Support Helped Oumou with her Confidence:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u201cAs an introvert in general I find it hard to communicate my ideas, however Andy was patient and listened very well that boasted my confidence and made me open up and tell him what I wanted.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What Oumou Said About the Support:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u201cThey are providing us with all the support and tools we need to start our professional career. Andy took his time to help me whenever needed.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oumou Djawane graduated from The University of Kent in 2021 and has secured a role as an Assistant Accountant at Com Laude. Oumou was connected &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/2024\/02\/23\/andy-was-always-ready-to-help\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[149528],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions\/223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}