Fixed Income Trainee Review

I work in a team of portfolio analysts so my day to day work revolves around a lot of data. We work off a team mailbox where requests will come in for various different things, like fund or benchmark analytics, the creation of certain reports etc. I also help to keep internal some databases up to date

I have learnt a vast amount since the start of my traineeship, whether that has been through my apprenticeship qualification or the additional qualification i choose to do as well or just in my day to day work. I have definitely improved my communication skills and also my analytical skills and even just my knowledge of markets and investments

I enjoy the programme a lot. I enjoy the responsibility i am given at such a young age and i feel like i am treated as an adult. I enjoy the work i am given as throughout my time in school i enjoyed maths and i am able to use my maths skills a lot in this role.

The programme is pretty well structured. At the start we had a two day induction over zoom just to get us started and since then we have had various different training sessions to help us continue learning. There is a lot of support as well as we have an early careers team who are always happy to answer any questions

I receive a lot of report from my manager but i also had a buddy assigned to me at the start of the trainee programme who is there for support as well, usually for the more "silly" questions. I haven't really had much contact with the HR team but the support is on offer if needed

I receive a lot of support from my training provider. We have a call every month to catch up and go over work i have submitted and work that will need to be submitted in the near future. Also through BUD i am able to contact my trainer and this is very easy to access. My trainer seems to have a great attitude towards supporting me with my learning.

Some of what i learn in my qualification. At the start of the qualification i picked certain topics that were most applicable to my job so although it is not fully tailored to what i do on a day to day basis most of what i learn applies is some way or another.

There are a lot of extra-curricular activities to get involved in at work. For starters we have NextGen programme which is a sort of a professional networking event for the younger people working at the company. There are also occasional social events that are set up through investment 20/20.

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There are many pros to working at abrn, you get a great starting salary, a great pension scheme (i know this is for well in the future but it's good to start early) From my experience everyone at the company seems to be very keen to help you especially when you are so early on in your career, so overall i'd say its a great place to work

For starters make sure you have a good CV, make sure it's laid out well and is easy to follow as quite a lot of applicants were rejected just because of there CV. For the interview process the key for me was to just practice as many interview questions as I could. Lastly once you've got the job i would say take any opportunities that come your way as it all adds to your experience