Islam from Drumchapel High School in Glasgow completed a four-week paid internship at Morgan Stanley, where his mentor, Laurence, also works. This is his story.
Islam’s internship helped him learn abouthimself, as well as the world of work.
“I found out that I’m actually confident,” he says. “I didn’t know that until I came here.”
Find out more about Islam’s internship in his video:
Video transcript:
I found out that I’m actually confident. I didn’t know that until I came here.
I’ve always wondered what the stock market is about – and that’s what the team is teaching me just now, so.
I expected it to be quieter and stricter, and it would be a bit awkward. I didn’t know that it would be like this. I didn’t know that they would actually be helpful and social with the members of the team. I didn’t expect that. I thought I was the weakest link in that team, but they didn’t make me feel like that. So I was happy with that.
My mentor is in operations on the eighth floor, which is pretty good because the view is amazing up there. Catching up on what’s happened in the past four weeks, how the presentations went, and how everyday activites with the Career Ready guys, how it went, and just finding out what he’s doing and asking too many – Asking not too many questions because that’s basically what Career Ready is about. Asking questions to find out new stuff.
