Some Catching Up...

The past several weeks have been eventful and busy ad there is definitely much to tell but since I had the "Appreciation Week" Scheduled I let them pass by. Therefore, today will be my "catching up" post.

I have extremely lucky to sign the contract for my placement last year. After filling up I don't know how many different forms with identical information, leaving the final signature felt great. I always thought that once you get a placement offer you are all done, well, the reality is different. Let us look at three cases:

Viky got a placement offer three months ago. She was probably one of the first people to get an interview and a decision before the winter holiday. She will be working for the British government. Getting the placement offer, though, was just the beginning for her. There are six months of profile checks before she gets a contract sent!

After I got my placement offer and immediately accepted, I had to start filling up tons of forms with personal details: health-care, previous employment details, even a death form (concerned with who will get your salaries, bonuses, etc. if you die in the middle of the placement year). I received and signed a contract. While reading through the "Terms and Conditions", though, I fell upon a very interesting fact, the placement offer is, nothing else but a conditional offer. After submission of all the forms and documentation needed there is a profile check (just like Viky's). Thus, a placement offer, a contract, all don't mean a secure job until the end of the university year. Unfortunately, there is always a chance of getting sc*** up.

Another friend of mine got a placement offer this week. As happy as I was when I found out there was a small detail that struck me. She was not informed the exact amount of the salary ("We will call you and give you details on the placement later in the week."), no exact starting day ("All details will be explained to you in due course."), no exact proposal (you can imagine that just like in my case, the offer is conditional to her being allowed to work in the country).

In other news: 

- The mid-term exams are due to start next week. 

- The library is full of final years writing their dissertations. 

- The Business Game for the second years is in full speed with Europia's share price falling to £0.09 (that's my company). 

- D-r G.S. has given his second year students their writing task. Exam results have started to pop-out.

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