Career Reflection Post Graduation

Learnt so much as a Leicester ambassador, I know I realised that I do indeed want to worm with people and I don't necessarily need to gk abroad for that. I took experience from the engagement team to think of new ideas for engaging with people by learning from the reasons people were not interested in careers. Victim support opened my view by teaching me active listening skills and making me realize that everybody is different. I then applied the empathy I learnt from vs to understanding why people become involved with crime. I already had this understanding based on personal experience and my degree but vs taught me new skills that.I then applied. So rather than thinking, yes I've been there, I now use active listening to really take in what people are saying and recognise their thoughts and feeling to get to the root of their emotions. Then using my vs training I can put their thoughts and ideas into context to develop practical solutions. Everything I did on the YC, I would not of been as good at, building relationship with so many people, without my experience as an ambassador

Since then? I applied for many jobs but only after starting the apprenticeship did I realise that I'd handicapped my career by only taking temp roles to gain experience. Was this deliberate? Did I always intend to return to the YC? I wont lie that I almost jumped at the opportunity to continue getting paid for something in passionate about, but I have learnt to restrain myself. Don't just accept what initially seems like a good offer, ask questions, get the person offering you an opportunity to work for it and explain why you should take the offer. But use tact and be polite, not arrogant. Only ask a couple of question and genuinely consider the offer. Then accept. I've now been able to continue the internship and the YC! On 2.5 days instead of 2! My patience paid off. 

So now what? Develop your patience into maturity, you're self employed so don't jump an every opportunity to complete a task manage your time effectively, you're a busy man and people now it.

Going forward?
I want the YC to function as a policy thin tank where new ideas and be tested and trialed before being implemented. Where young people have a voice in the whole process but also learn to understand how the process works. While this happens I want them to be given the opportunity to get accredited for the skills they develop. I want there to be a real incentive to join the YC and make your voice heard. I want, going forward, the YC to be a useful tool for everybody, young and old, to learn new ideas from each other and put those ideas into practice in a way that will ensure maximum benefit.