First


steps into Management


At just 18 years old and in his first year of full-time employment, Euan can’t believe the responsibility he is trusted with already. He tells how his IBM Apprenticeship is going so far.


I was always fairly driven at school so I knew University wouldn’t be enough for me. While I like the idea of academic study, I didn’t think it would be enough on its own. I had done GCSE in Business, and then A Levels in Business, Economics and History, so I started researching Apprenticeships in business disciplines. That’s when I found the Management Degree Apprenticeship with IBM. I was in Year 12 and my classmates were starting to research university courses. I found the IBM website and knew there and then it was the one. The benefits of working and studying at the same time, the opportunities available within the business and the positive reviews I read from previous


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IBM apprentices, just made it sound perfect for me. There was the opportunity to sign up for notifications about the Apprenticeship programme on their website, so I did.


As soon as I was in Year 13, I applied to IBM to join the programme. It was actually the only Apprenticeship I applied for so I’d have been stuck if I hadn’t got in! I did do a late UCAS application, just in case things didn’t go as planned, but fortunately I passed the IBM Assessment Centre in March so I knew I had got the place from then. IBM don’t recruit a set number of apprentices each year, it varies depending on the business need; I know there are other Digital and Technology Solutions


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