National Apprentice Week: My Apprenticeship

With it being National Apprentice week this week, as well as my final full week as an apprentice here at Obsidian Offices, I feel like it is fitting for me to be able to reflect on my time as an apprentice and give advice to apprentices to come. 

With it being National Apprentice week this week, as well as my final full week as an apprentice here at Obsidian Offices, I feel like it is fitting for me to be able to reflect on my time as an apprentice and give advice to apprentices to come. 

I have always been interested in business and social media and this interest was the reason that I decided to look for apprenticeships in Digital Marketing. After completing my AS levels, I applied to become a Digital Marketing Apprentice with Arch Apprentices. Since becoming an apprentice, I have learnt so many things that I can take away from this experience. 

Learning on the job not only helps you to learn the skills of your chosen sector/trade but it also helps you to grow as a person and adjust to the working world. You develop an understanding about your chosen industry/ business that you could only achieve from practical application of your knowledge. You can see how different situations and conditions affect your work and the way you need to think in order to resolve a situation. 

As an apprentice you develop key skills that can be utilized in your future career; Time management, the ability to work to deadlines, customer service and people skills. This is on top of any industry/job specific skills that you will learn as a part of your course.