Daniel

Being on the SMF's Aspiring Professionals Programme has been transformational – when I joined the programme back in sixth form I never imagined I would go on to work for an SMF partner employer, doing something I enjoy!

The SMF made a real difference at university by expanding my commercial awareness through regular webinars, providing mentoring to support me to explore my next steps, and offering internships and graduate roles through partner employers. I didn't know what I wanted to do post university – other than something with good learning opportunities and that aligned to my enjoyment of problem solving. In final year having applied to lots of places (many of them typical graduate employers) I hadn't secured a role. Through the SMF, I was able to apply to exclusive opportunities which led to me securing a post-degree internship (and a full-time job off the back of the internship).