From Angela & JUNE MEDICAL…
16 year old student Hana Lee met JUNE MEDICAL Managing Director Angela Spang on the 11th July 2017, when Angela was delivering a talk at Hana’s School in Amersham. Hana got in touch with Angela after hearing her speak at Amersham school with an interest in the Apprenticeships that JUNE MEDICAL had to offer.
As Hana planned to go back to school to study for her A-levels it was decided that an apprenticeship wasn’t for her at this time, however JUNE MEDICAL who are always happy to help and encourage new talent, offered Hana some work experience over her summer holiday period.
Hana carried out some key market research for our sister company LMEDAC, which will help determine the next direction for the business to take. Hence Hana was instrumental in some extremely valuable work and proved a worthwhile contribution to the company in the weeks that she worked with us.
Hana fitted straight in within our team environment, she had her head down working hard but also joined in with office discussions, team meetings and brainstorm sessions – she even took the initiative to clean the office without anyone asking her.
Hana’s time with the JUNE MEDICAL team proved to be mutually beneficial and she was a pleasure to have onboard. This is another fine example of Angela Spang and her team giving back and developing future prospects.
After only a couple of days into Hana’s work experience she expressed the wish to continue working with us. This is something we hope we can make happen for her. Angela and her team wish Hana the very best of luck with her future career development.
From Hana’s Perspective…
Why did you want to come and work with us: I attended my schools induction day and Angela was there giving a talk which was mainly about body language and how people acted/reacted in certain situations. I knew I wanted to do some sort of work experience during the summer but at the time I hadn’t found anything.
After hearing Angela talk about the apprenticeships her company ran, I took the opportunity to get her email address at the end of the session to see if I would be able to get some work experience with her.
Since both June Medical and London Medical Education Academy (LMEDAC) deal in the medical industry, I found that this would be the perfect work experience to ‘get my foot in the door’ and gain experience in the general field of the industry I am currently planning to work in.
Why would you like to continue working with us?: I would love to continue to broaden my current knowledge further with both June Medical and London Medical Education Academy. In the summer I learnt things I had no prior knowledge of and the work continued to interest me.
I didn’t have a dull day especially as everyone in the office was so kind and friendly
What have you learnt so far?: I learnt a lot about medical procedures in a range of different specialities due to the market research I did and I gained a new insight into the use of cadavers for medical training. Also, thanks to Liz (Thornber) of LMEDAC, I was also given a quick overview at the marketing side of the company and how to use SalesForce and MailChimp. I came to the realisation as to how important social media is to a constantly growing business.
What are you ambitions for the future?: Currently, I want to study Psychology at University but before that I am planning to take a gap year to travel and volunteer or work – I know I won’t have the time to do this otherwise.
Long term, at the moment I feel I would like to be a Psychologist or a Psychiatrist.
Keeping In Touch…
True to our word, the team at JUNE MEDICAL and LMEDAC have kept in touch with Hana and we are following her progress with genuine interest. After a recent follow up we were delighted to hear of how Hana’s time with us has made an impact on her ability moving forwards…
How did you do in your GCSE exams?: got two 8’s, one 7, four A’s, two B’s and one C whilst at the Amersham School.
Has working with us over the summer changed anything for you going back to school?: The work I did has helped me prepare for my A-Levels as I learned how to become more independent in my research. This has definitely been helping me so far as additional research into my subjects has been a lot easier than it would have been, had I not had the chance to work with you.
Are you hoping to come back and spend any more time with us?: I would love the opportunity to come back and work again! At the moment I’m focusing on my new school Dr Challoner’s High School and A-Level courses, but if I got the chance in the future I would definitely accept.
Were you inspired by working with us and has it helped you in anyway?: Working with June Medical and the London Medical Education Academy has really helped me to decide to carry on doing my A-Level subjects and it will definitely help me in the future as it’s helped me focus on what I really enjoy and want to do.
Would you recommend work experience to fellow students and why?: This work experience was an amazing opportunity and I would definitely recommend it to fellow students, especially those at my school as many are aspiring to work in the medical field in the future.
Any advice that you can offer following your experience with us?: The opportunity was great! I fully expected to be doing filing and the ‘coffee & tea runs’, but you got me straight into researching. I don’t have any advice to offer as the experience went beyond what I envisaged.
