Starting at Rathbones...

I work with 6 other people, and I know all the other apprentices will say the same thing, but I honestly have the best team! They have made me feel so settled already and I am so happy. I love having my own desk, a computer with two monitors! My own phone and spinning chair! I even enjoy making the tea and coffee as Rathbones have the coolest hot and cold water taps.

So far I have learnt how to open new accounts using the computer software, but I know that there is still a lot more to come. As I type I am about to be trained on SIPP’s. What is a SIPP? I shall find out and tell you next month!

Outside of the 9-5 hours, I was luckily enough invited to attend the Merseyside Young Professionals Ball at the Crowne Plaza hotel as part of the Rathbones table. I was extremely nervous about going as I had never done anything like it before and I had only been there two weeks and knew nobody. Nerves soon lifted as everybody made me feel very welcome and comfortable. I got to talk to people I never would of otherwise and now I have a few more people I can say hello to around the building. I really enjoyed my evening and I even tried my first ever sip of wine (which I didn’t like)!

The apprentices have also entered as a team to a Rathbones charity quiz night. We came fairly close to the bottom, but we all had a good evening. That is another thing I really like about Rathbones, there is always something going on to raise money for charity.

Overall, I honestly couldn’t be happier here at Rathbones. This first month has flown by and I cannot wait to see what else is to come.