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HEAD GIRL VISITS GOLDMAN SACHS

Former Old Ratcliffian Sebako Siame (91), Executive Director of promote your own personal brand. The networking lunch was
Tax Operations at Goldman Sachs, came and visited the Sixth a relaxed event where employees at Goldman Sachs could talk
Form and gave a talk to the girls. Lolade Mosaku (16), who was to us and we could ask more specific questions about different
Head Girl at the time, made it through the interview process sectors of the business. We were given a tour around the office,
and went to visit Goldman Sachs for the day on an A Level Girls which was amazing, as we looked out over all of London from
Inspire Programme. The outgoing Head Girl writes: the top floor. My favourite part of the day was finding out
about the experience opportunities available to students. These
“On February 15th, during half term, I went to the Goldman Sachs included two-week spring/summer internships, a year-long
Head Office in London, Fleet Street. The day was designed for A placement taken in the penultimate year of university, and a ten-
Level girls like me who had an interest in the financial industry week internship, which (if you are offered a graduate position)
and wanted to find out more about the different options includes a four-week trip to the Global Head Office of Goldman
available in careers from a global leader. As the title suggests, Sachs in New York, which seemed very attractive. The whole
the time I spent there was very inspiring. In the morning, we experience was extremely enjoyable, and I would jump at any
engaged in a little icebreaker, which was a fun activity to meet chance to return and be at the heart of the financial buzz.”
new people and to begin the process of networking. Throughout
the day, there were different sessions, covering everything from Lolade Mosaku (16)
the opportunities at the firm to the way in which to build and

RATCLIFFE COLLEGE CAREERS CONVENTION

WEDNESDAY 5TH OCTOBER 2016

In October, we hosted our seventh The Old Ratcliffians who joined us to discuss their careers were:
biennial Careers Convention. There were
over 50 delegates, representing a range Dan Amies (10) Army - Royal Engineers
of professions and careers. Most were Chris Taylor (64) Accountancy
parents of children currently attending Sanjeev Dhiman (98) Banking & IT Consulting
the College, whilst others came from Paul Morris (74) Banking (Allied Irish Bank)
local universities, companies and career Simon Astill (85) Law (Barrister)
organisations. There were several Richard Jordan (84) Law (Barrister)
members of staff, and in addition, it Peter Robinson (97) Leisure Industries Management, Business & Marketing
was wonderful to meet a number of Old Alex Slack (née Gamble) (03) Event Management
Ratcliffians (see the list, right), some of James Belderbos (89) Law
whom had not visited in recent years. Anil Ekanayake (01) Manufacturing & Management Consulting
We put a plea out to our 100 interested Toby Nutter (08) Media & Entertainment
mentors and had a great response. The Richard Mascari (67) Medicine
event was very well attended by around Kaz Bhojani (11) Optometry
300 parents and students from Years 9 Nick Keable (84) Political Lobbying Industry
to 13. We are very grateful to all who gave Keelan Kukk (10) Transport
freely of their time in order to help the
students. If any of you are able to help at our next Careers Convention in 2018, you would be most
welcome. Details will be circulated nearer the time.
Graham Sharpe
Assistant Head Are you at university? We are looking for Ratcliffian Association Ambassadors.
Email: aslack@ratcliffe.leics.sch.uk for more details.

Register online at www.ratcliffianassociation.co.uk