July 2010 - Undergraduates - Saltire Foundation Community

A day in the life of a salaryman

Apologies for the delay in the latest instalment of my blog but I’ve enjoyed another epic week out here in the old Nihon. This working week has been quite long especially in the middle of the week when I was feeling like a salaryman. In Japan, the...

Published 31-Jul-2010 4:37 by Craig Moffatt

Filed under: Tokyo, Japan, DHL Supply Chain

A plethora of ways to skin a small furry animal

This week has seen an evolution in the direction of my project with the strategy group, as well as the beginning of another piece of work with Ross. This work is concerned with marketing and is being split between Claire and myself. We have been given...

Published 30-Jul-2010 20:43 by Christopher Jones

Filed under: Management, New York, Lab 49, University of Glasgow, Aeronautical Engineering, Plethora

How Time Flys!

Apologies for the late blog!! I actually have no idea where the time is going. The 2 nd week was over before I knew it and now the 3 rd has almost completely disappeared! I really feel part of the internal audit team now as I am actually auditing the...

Published 30-Jul-2010 19:19 by KIRSTY FLETT

Filed under: Saltire Foundation, week 3, St Petersburg, Florida, Jabil Circuit

Third week

Can’t believe this is the end of my third week already, time is certainly flying buy. During my time at work I have been working on two new women’s healthcare products, supporting the Region Europe and Canada marketing team. Both my projects...

Published 30-Jul-2010 16:00 by Claire McDonald

Its time for a true chicago town pizza!!

Its Friday and I cannot wait for the weekend to begin! I leave for Chicago tonight traveling on the megabus should be an experience! It takes around 3 hours to get there (considered a short journey over here). I am really looking forward to seeing the...

Published 30-Jul-2010 15:21 by Laura McCusker

We Need Queen Money

Approaching the end of Week 3 and it's safe to say that the time is flying by. Work is going well and I'm growing more adjusted to the vastness of Hong Kong. Even after 8 weeks I doubt I'll have scratched the surface of the place. Despite...

Published 30-Jul-2010 13:57 by George Black

Filed under: internship, Saltire Foundation, China, Hong Kong, Asia, Management Accounting, Expense Management, Citibank, Accounting, Citigroup, University of Glasgow, Citi

The Office

Without wanting to sound incredibly clichéd, another week has passed already, and it's getting ridiculously close to the halfway mark on our internship. Somewhat gladly I am managing to resist the Boston twang which was threatening to infiltrate...

Published 30-Jul-2010 13:39 by Colin Millar

Filed under: Boston, University of Strathclyde, Liberty Mutual

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No....Its my time flying by ;)

Well another week in the gorgeous Singapore has come to an end! This week has been really exciting in work with plenty of projects and research to keep me busy! I have been continuing my work with the benchmarking analysis which hit a high note today...

Published 30-Jul-2010 10:35 by Natalie Foy

Filed under: Human Resource, DHL Supply Chain, Singapore

THE 'INCITEFUL' INSIGHT’

'Gaining an insight into the business environment' was a phrase I commonly used when going through both the Saltire Foundation’s and BAE Systems' application process. I now feel that I am realising this intention and actually 'living'...

Published 30-Jul-2010 8:19 by Owen Robinson

Feeling at home

Hi everyone, Third week is done, well almost, and this has been far the busiest and quickest week so far. It was the end of period 2 of the first quarterly period (Q1P2) which means the finance department is flat out. For my group who support the entire...

Published 30-Jul-2010 6:43 by Murray Robertson

It's a small world!

On the way to work this week, I sat next to a guy on the train and I was talking on my mobile. Once I'd finished the call, he asked me if I was Scottish and I explained that I was from Edinburgh and working in Sydney for 8 weeks. Normally, I get a...

Published 30-Jul-2010 1:50 by Natasha Walls

Filed under: Marketing, Heriot Watt, australia, sydney, telstra international

So hungry I could have eaten a horse...so I did

FOOD Now, I am a man of my words, and so I have literally just finished eating a horse, a raw horse in fact! Raw meat is something that I and my fellow interns have become accustomed to over here in Tokyo, actually you should probably assume the meat...

Published 29-Jul-2010 14:56 by Andrew McAllister

Filed under: Tokyo, Japan, DHL Supply Chain, andrew mcallister

Nearly half way

Hi everyone, Well I think most of us are comming to the end of our 3rd week and it just dawned on me that we are nearly half way through the internship! Gone really fast huh? I have a spare ten minutes in the office before meetings/video conferences start...

Published 29-Jul-2010 8:08 by Katie Armstrong

Week 2 (Part 2) & Week 3 (Part 1)

Hi again, So last week I was finally able to meet with my Global Scot, a very nice man named John Paterson who is VP of Supply and a Chief Procurement Officer for IBM. As John is a very busy man, we only got to meet for a brief 15 minutes but it was a...

Published 29-Jul-2010 3:27 by Douglas McLaren

Gang War!

Hello! Another week gone by and things are starting to heat up! As I have been getting to grips with the intricacies of the pharma industry these past couple of weeks, I have been given only a modest workload. It was never gonna last. It is true to say...

Published 28-Jul-2010 23:41 by John Charalambous

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