As I was so early on in my career when I joined the company, I've found it's really important to take the chances presented to you to try something new, even if it pushes you out of your comfort zone. For example, after 6 months in the company, I was given the opportunity to move from the Marketing team to the Client Success team (I'd never even heard of CS as a role before starting here). I'm so glad I took that chance rather than sticking with what I was familiar with - now I've been in the CS team for over four years. Similarly, over the last year, I have learned to manage the Recruitment Marketing product, and I am now looking after clients for both EC and RM. Whilst it may feel uncomfortable and new at first, there are always people to support you and over time you gain confidence and can look back at how much you've learned.

Don't stress about needing to know everything going into a role. The biggest thing you can have is the desire to learn! There will always be something you don't know, since the field we're in is constantly evolving. The stuff that doesn't change is what you should focus on, since they'll always be useful. For example, learning how to learn and communication skills are all things that you can learn at university and apply to any role. But as for implementation specific skills (like a particular language), you'll pick it up on the job. As a graduate / early developer, the most important thing you can do is want to learn, and everything else comes with it!

To succeed in this role, you need to be curious and learn about all aspects of how Recruitment and HR teams support the growth and success of an organisation, and how we help different industries provide these organisations a demonstrable Return on their Investment (ROI) in PageUp's market-leading technology. You have to thrive in a team environment, enjoy establishing relationships at a C-Level in major organisations, and be fearless and proactive about picking up the phone and having those conversations. It's very rewarding when you do. Be open, be curious, always learn, focus on what you can do every day to improve what you do and enjoy working in a very collaborative team environment.