It seems very strange that in a couple of weeks, I will have been working at Lloyd’s for over a year and we will also be joined by a new intake of graduates.

Time really has gone very quickly, my placement in Market Operations seems like yesterday, despite the fact that I moved to my market firm over 5 months ago.

This can surely be only a good thing.  They say that time flies when you’re having fun – so the fact that I’ve actually been at work whilst time has been flying can only be a good thing (although I wouldn’t go as far as saying it always feels like fun when packed on a Tube train during the summer months).

The summer has been an unusual time – my first experience of working, rather than enjoying the long university holidays.  People in the office tend to come and go on holidays etc, and usual working life can be a bit disjointed.

There can be increased workloads when covering for various team members, but this is generally counterbalanced by a slightly more relaxed feeling.  I’ve found that making the most of weekends becomes all the more important in the summer.

At work, we have recently undergone a ‘development centre’, designed to assess our skills and provide us with feedback on how we have been progressing.  Despite feeling a bit like our original ‘assessment centre’ this was a really useful opportunity to gauge our performance to date, and to establish those areas which require further work. 

We are now looking forward to our third and final placements on the Scheme, before considering careers paths and options for the future.