A thorn amongst the roses…
The story of how I ended up working in healthcare is, if I’m honest, pretty uninspiring. For my sandwich year at Uni I was told by the placement people to find a job, any job, and take it. So that was what I did – first application; first interview; first offer. Thank you very much Baxter Healthcare (strangely enough now a client of eBee, I’m beginning to see the incestuous nature of the industry already!) So that was my route in to healthcare – told you it was uninspiring! But that said, I am so glad it is the route I fell in to and have decided to pursue, because working in the healthcare communications industry is not only interesting for me as a graduate with a non-life sciences background, but it also means I can couple this new found interest in all things science with the stuff that I do know a little bit about – marketing communications.
I knew I wanted to work for an advertising agency about 3 days after I started Uni way back in 2006 and Hive exactly matches the culture and style of working that made me make this decision. Something to note here is that I am currently the only male junior member of the account handling team – it’s made me question my personal attitudes that led me to this career choice slightly! But I do get to wear my jeans to work whilst working in central London which is a bonus. The people at Hive have made me feel so welcome and have made my move to London feel a lot easier than it could have been. I started my job 6 weeks before I am moving in to my permanent accommodation, and I had everybody in the office asking their friends and searching on Facebook for rooms to rent for me – I even had offers of spare rooms from Jas, Tim and Ian.
So my time so far has been brilliant, and I don’t expect that to change as the future looks very bright according to the whispers I have heard. I am thoroughly enjoying being the newest bee to the Hive. (sorry – I had to do it!)
