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I'm Abi,

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I studied
sociology, and I graduated in 2021.

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I currently work for S&P global
within the Market

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Intelligence division
and I'm a trading analytics associate.

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I quite vividly
remember the Warwick careers fair

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in my very first term of university.
So that gave me an opportunity

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to meet the different firms, understand
a little bit more about that

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organisational structures as well as,
get a feel of the culture of the firms.

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After graduating,
I made more use of the university

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careers service, just because
that is a lot of graduate support.

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So this can look
like reviewing applications,

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or also just discussing career options
if you wanted a sounding board,

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as well as scheduling appointments

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to see if I could also have interview
support too.

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So I really have enjoyed
using the career service,

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the best thing about studying sociology
is the fact that it's multidisciplinary.

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Meaning that I was able to pick up
a lot of modules from many different

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departments, as well as study typical

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or more traditional sociological theory.

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The main skills from sociology

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that I use are being able
to draw from multiple sources.

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Whether that's data
or other research sources

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or even the people that I work with,
just to develop my knowledge

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on the subject matter more and be able
to deliver that concisely to clients.

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I would say to any students
thinking about studying sociology

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at Warwick, Warwick
really allows you to flexibly mold

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and shape your sociology degree,
and truly cater and cater

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to your interests and essentially
make it what you want it to be.

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Often when I share that I studied sociology,

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typically people say, you know,
we thought that you would want to do

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social work or, work for the local
council or a local government,

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but there are also so many other careers
that I've been able to explore

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with my degree, just given
that it's a study of society as a whole.

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So looking at different global
market dynamics,

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which is very related to my current role
in finance.

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Or, understanding social change
and different social patterns,

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as well as the many social agents within
the world has really benefited me

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and just helped me

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to develop an overall understanding
of the world that we live in.

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So Warwick has a lot of connections
across many different industries,

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meaning that they're able to partner
with many

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leading law firms, investment
banks, consultancies,

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and provide exclusive events
in partnership with graduate recruitment,

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and this really helped me
to get my foot in the door,

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as I was able to begin building
relationships with employees at the firm,

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getting to know graduate recruitment
teams, as well as developing my knowledge

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of the industry, as well as specific job
roles within the companies.

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I was a part

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of the Gymnastic Society where I was able
to meet many students across different

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year groups at Warwick and that allowed me
to continue my passion,

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of gymnastics, whilst also having

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fun and a break for my academic life.

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as well as the African-Caribbean society,
the ACS, and that was

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where I was able to develop a sense
of belonging at university.

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Of course, it's a new environment.

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So meeting people with similar cultural
backgrounds to myself

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and even having the opportunity
to learn about other cultural backgrounds

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that I had maybe not been exposed to prior
to university, was invaluable.

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I think one of my fondest memories

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is having an interview for a job
that I knew absolutely nothing about,

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and after a quick search on LinkedIn,
I had found somebody in the year

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above me at university,
and I reached out to him

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and he actually sat on the phone with me
for three hours.

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Going through what his role in towns
where it fits in organisationally

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within the business,
so yeah, that was really lovely,

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and, I mean,
I did get the role in the end.

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So it just speaks
to the sense of community.

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Even after graduating at Warwick