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Fourth Year Accounting<\/a> student, Patrycja Cwalina, shares her experience of turning a summer internship into full-time employment after graduation. The Business School\u2019s<\/a> focus on employability allows students the opportunity for work-based learning in all undergraduate courses and enables students to build an evidence base of soft skills deployed in practical situations.<\/p>\n

This ‘applied’ skill set has become acknowledged by employers as the ‘Edinburgh Napier graduate signature\u2019 and is highly valued.<\/p>\n

\"Patrycja<\/p>\n

“During my studies at Edinburgh Napier University, I applied for an internship during the summer after my third year of studies. I was informed by one of my lecturers that the university has a summer internship programme, where they do help students with finding summer internships to gain a little bit of experience. I decided to try but I didn\u2019t have any expectations.<\/p>\n

I got an interview from Saffery Champness<\/a> in Edinburgh and got an internship offer in March for 9 weeks during the summer of 2023. At the interview I was \u201ccompeting\u201d with two other students, resulting in myself and one other person getting an offer for 9 weeks each of paid summer internship. After receiving an offer of summer employment, I had to send all required documents such as a signed contract, passport, bank details, etc. to secure my place for the internship.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m really glad I decided to take an offer for this internship because it was a tax department that offered full-time jobs, and that was the study area I was the most interested in. At that time, I had my part-time job that I was going to keep as well because I was already working there for five years so I didn\u2019t want to leave it just for 9 weeks of internship. I was working every day during this time, but it was worth it. I\u2019ve learned all the basics for how to work in a tax department in a real tax job, I even did some tax returns for clients which I think I am the proudest of from this whole experience.\u00a0Overall, this experience was amazing. It was a great opportunity for me because it allowed me to see and experience what an accounting job looks like and what to expect when I graduate. Also, because I was always interested in tax, it was good for me to have this internship so I can confirm if that\u2019s what I want to do after I graduate.<\/p>\n

At the end of the internship at Saffery Champness, I got a graduate job offer for a Full-time Assistant – Tax. The job is starting in September 2024, and I have already accepted the offer sending all the documents needed. It is a great opportunity for me, and it makes the last year of my studies less stressful and keeps me motivated because I know there is a job waiting for me. \u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fourth Year Accounting student, Patrycja Cwalina, shares her experience of turning a summer internship into full-time employment after graduation. The Business School\u2019s focus on employability allows students the opportunity for work-based learning in all undergraduate courses and enables students to…
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