Work Experience: Day Two By Lauryn Baker

My second day at Moore was just as good as my first. 

I came in and made some coffee for the team and began to print and organise the product sheets I would need for the Greater Manchester Biz Expo I would be attending with Steph, Marketing Manager. 

When I had all the product and information sheets organised into the relevant folders, I then began researching and recording information about some of the businesses that were exhibiting at the event. I managed to research about 50 out of the 120 companies, then it was time to set off!

We got to the Manchester Hilton hotel where it was being hosted at around 2:00pm and visited all of the stands. We chatted to people about their businesses and made some new contacts. We exchanged business cards with all different types of businesses - from car leasing companies to lighting specialists. We stayed for around an hour, then headed back to the office.

When we arrived back at Moore I began inputting all of the companies details into excel, recording conversations and action points for follow-ups. Before I knew it, it was 5pm so I planned to continue the work the next morning.

Lauryn Baker, Year 10 Student, Future Tech Studio.

My Moore Finance Work Experience By Lauryn Baker

We recently welcomed Lauryn Baker into our team on a week's work experience programme. We asked her to complete a blog that would share her time with us and hopefully encourage young people to participate in work experience and employers to offer placements to them. 

We hope you enjoy part 1!

Stephanie Jones, Marketing Manager


Sourcing My Work Experience Placement

My name is Lauryn Baker and I am a year 10 student at Future Tech Studio, on the business and finance pathway.

At Future Tech, all students are offered 10 days work experience per year, including employer based workshops and 3 hours a week of project based learning in which they are given either an employer based project or a task set by the school.

Currently, during project based learning, the business and finance pathway are working with Moore Finance on a corporate social responsibility based task with the Moore Foundation children's charitable trust. 

After three weeks of working on the project, I was approached by Moore to see if I had my upcoming work placement sorted. I had managed to arrange my second week, however I didn’t have my first one organised, so it was a good opportunity for me to go to Moore.

Moore asked me what areas of business I was interested in and of course my answer was Marketing, as it is one of my strengths and is something I enjoy. So my placement was arranged and would take place from June 8^th – June 12^th.

Day One

On my first day I arrived at the office and was greeted by Matt, the Business Development Manager, and by 9:00am I had met some of the team including Leanne, Nigel and Tom, a year 12 student who is also from Future Tech and on an Apprenticeship with Moore.

My first task was to add all of Moore Finance's contacts to Mailchimp, an e-newsletter platform, as well as updating all the contacts without email addresses. Once I had done this, I then researched the contact names, email addresses, phone numbers, and addresses of all the primary schools in Warrington and added them to an excel database. This data was due be used for a task later in the week.

Throughout the day I spoke to people and felt very welcome and comfortable, I even had my own desk!

Lauryn Baker

My business experience so far...

My name is Tom Bogle and I am a student who is currently studying at the Future Tech School in Warrington. I am interested in business and finance and at my college I am studying Business, Physics and Maths.

Tom Bogle

As part of the Future Tech course you are given the chance to gain work experience in your chosen pathway. I have been offered a placement with a company called Moore Finance where I am currently working at. I have been given a different task to work on every week to help me gain business skills in different areas.

As part of the Moore Academy I have been given the opportunity to acquire important business skills as well as gaining experience to extend my business knowledge. During my first week at Moore Finance I was given the task to research through LinkedIn and try to find potential new customers for Moore Finance to gain links with. During my second week at Moore I was given the task to create a twitter profile and link up with the team and the business online.

I am eager and looking forward to further set tasks and the opportunity to learn more about business and finance as well as more about the company. Be sure to come back to my blog to keep up to date on my progress.

You can also follow Tom on twitter: @MooreAcad_TB

Written by Tom Bogle.

Exploring a new way to learn…

My name is Danielle Bush, and I am currently a student in my first year at Future Tech Studio School studying A-level Math’s and Business and Finance.

Danielle Bush

 My first steps to a new way of learning…began at FTS, with the school being evolved around creating a new and innovative approach to education for 14-19 year olds, mixing vocational and academic qualifications with real life work experience…how was this an opportunity I could just pass by?

So like all students at FTS we took a chance with not following the pack to go to the ‘usual’ and ‘regular’ colleges that everyone else went to, but we saw the potential of great things being able to happen, took it and ran with it and this is how I ended up here…Moore Finance.

The second steps to a new way of learning…were becoming a part-time apprentice at Moore Academy. Again another opportunity not to miss, learning on the job, support during training, support and help for my coursework, I couldn’t of asked for better. Being a very hands on learner this is possibly the most productive way for me to progress.

The first day to a new way of learning…

The quick meet and greet with the rest of the team put me at ease with starting at Moore the following week. After weeks of start dates being discussed and my eagerness building the day finally came, Tuesday 3^rd February. The first day saw me searching for businesses in the scaffolding industry, gathering their information, contact details, and managing directors names for possible future customers for Moore Finance themselves. Even though it was a simple job, the future prospect of what could happen with a company that I found all the details for is very exciting. My first day and I already felt part of the company.

Written by Danielle Bush.

You can follow Danielle on twitter @MooreAcad_DB

Why take on an apprentice?

According to a report published on www.parliament.uk in September to November 2014 764,000 young people in the United Kingdom aged 16-24 were unemployed. So as a business that has the knowledge and experience readily available to share with young people, there seems no reason to not offer apprenticeships.

What better way to harness new talent and inject some fresh ideas into your business, share your knowledge and see how you can benefit young people, offer a long-term employment opportunity to the right candidate or see an individual progress their career in a particular field for another organisation and help to reduce the unemployment statistics.

In 2012, Moore Finance launched the Moore Academy, an in-house scheme employing school leavers and graduates. The aim of the Academy is to provide youngsters with experience in Business, Law, Accounting, Marketing, Account Management and Business Development.

Students Danielle Bush and Tom Bogle have this month joined us from Future Tech Studio in Warrington. The students are embarking on a Business and Finance course at Future Tech Studio School, a new type of state school for 14-19 year olds of all abilities, designed to better prepare young people for the working world.

Danielle and Tom have kick-started their apprenticeships by being introduced to the development of databases and exploring the uses and integration of social media in business. Both students will be taking an active role in the Academy’s twitter profile and you can follow their progress @Moore_Academy

Moore Finance Managing Director Nigel Garner says, “Tom and Danielle will be with the Moore Academy for the duration of their course working on practical projects whilst learning on the job and extending their business knowledge. Being able to offer young people in our local community a professional opportunity is very rewarding and I look forward to seeing them develop and grow.”

Tom and Danielle will share their experiences and development with you during their time at Moore Finance in a series of blog posts, so keep popping back and checking up on their progress.

And if you can, look into how you could integrate an apprentice into your organisation or if you could be the next candidate!