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JumboBeef:
--- Quote from: Series 3 Brad on July 27, 2010, 13:15:03 ---i never thought about the police or anything like that to be honest
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And ambulance.
carbore:
Diddnt one of our number get an apprenticeship with rolls royce some time ago (in that area) worth talking to to find out the process etc.
TDi90:
--- Quote from: carbore on July 28, 2010, 15:33:25 ---Diddnt one of our number get an apprenticeship with rolls royce some time ago (in that area) worth talking to to find out the process etc.
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Me :P
Ill post this evening - have to shoot off to the plant now!
TDi90:
Right, Hello!
Firstly i will just explain my background then i will explain how i got here!
So - i was pushed down the route of applying for univeristy after my A levels, so naturally went to Southampton Solent for approx 5 months before seriously considering giving it a miss. I diddnt know what to do, i was not being taught enough i think i had 5 hours of lectures a week and the rest of the time i was expected to do private study from textbooks - which is really not the way i learn. (the course was Sport science btw). So after many a discussion with my parents, i decided to quit and did not know what to do , so did some tennis coaching over the summer part time. Meanwhile someone gave me the greast idea "well you love tinkering with land rovers how about mechanics" BRILLIANT i thought so i looked online and different car manufacturers etc.
So i then Applied ONLINE to 5 comapnies.
BMW UK,
AUDI UK,
LR UK,
Subaru world rally team,
Rolls-Royce motor cars.
For BMW i had to do some difficult online maths stuff, things like differentiation, trig, logs etc... but seemed to do OK.
I submitted my CV's to all of them and Subaru contacted me first and basically said no im not the person they are after. (i think they need the sort of guys with lots of garage experience, can change a clutch in 30 minutes etc.)
Next was RR. They contacted me and asked me to come in for testing. i did that then they asked me to some in for an interveiw. Then more interveiws, then more testing, all this went on for around 2 weeks. i did my very best, sh*tting myself for the interveiw processes but still, tried my hardest. They then came back to me about 2 weeks after all this and offered me a job/apprenticeship spot. (by this time i had not heard back from the other companies, so i said immidately, yes.
Within the week of me accepting it, i then got calls from the other 3 companies, all asking me to come for an interveiw, however i had to declince and i said to them they should offer the position to someone else as i had already been accepted at RR.
The rest is history.
so by now i am coming up to my second year at RR and always saying to myself that was the best decision i have ever made. i could have stuck out university, and got a degree that i probably would never use, get into lots of debt, etc etc... but i think now i have been working, have learnt so much, no debt, - yes ok its a bit of a contrast on the holiday front! (yes uni students, you do get LOADS of holiday) and it can be frustrating if my mates say hey are you free on tuesday afternoon to which i reply - No im working.
Hope this helps - remember stay positive, and you WILL get there.
All the best,
Rob (21)
Series 3 Brad:
Thanks for that Rob =)
i will apply for RR and well as i explained a bit back no jobs are going at LR
but the examination process with maths an stuff, i cant do it at all to be perfectly honest.
i will give it a shot anyway.
i have applied for quite a few companies so far but i will try at RR for an apprenticeship.
Thanks mate =) a lot!
Brad
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