Four years after studying intense political conflicts and other research-heavy topics, 娜塔莎•休斯(Natasha Hughes)十大正规博彩网站评级了Informed的毕业生计划(Graduate Scheme)，将自己的学术技能应用到数字咨询领域.
在这里, Natasha talks about the university skills that have helped her professionally, 以及她在工作中发现的新的机会，在一个充满活力和实践的环境中进一步发展他们.
为什么通知?
Having studied for an undergraduate degree in Politics, and a master’s in Conflict, Governance and Development, both from the University of York, a career in the tech sector didn’t immediately seem an obvious route for career exploration.
Throughout my time in study, 咨询一直对我很感兴趣，因为我有机会运用我所开发的分析和研究技能，并为独特的问题制定解决方案. When a friend from university, who had already joined Informed’s graduate programme, offered to refer me because they thought it would be a great fit for me, 由于Informed拥有广泛的项目基础，这似乎是进入咨询领域的绝佳机会, tech4good风气, and skills development opportunities.
文化适应
Through my Master’s Degree studies, I had developed an interest in agricultural warfare and famine, which became the focus for my thesis. 我想看看我是否可以分析现有的数据和文献来理论化一个现实世界的解决方案, 反过来, contribute to sustainable and peaceful innovation and resolution.
Informed has offered similar opportunities, through the varying client base and tech4good projects success stories, 通过分析和制定改进用户体验的方案，提供切实可行的解决方案，并有可能解决更广泛的问题. I soon realised that I didn’t need technical or coding experience to start a career in tech, and my academic background wasn’t going to be limiting – rather something to build on.
虽然研究饥荒和政治动荡听起来可能不是最适合该部门的经验, the analytical skills I developed when studying a humanities-based degree were, 令我吃惊的是, naturally transferred into digital consultancy, alongside a shared passion for making the world a better place.
培养我的技能
全球最大的博彩平台十大正规博彩网站评级Informed, 我负责的第一个领域是十大正规博彩网站评级一个主要的医疗保健项目，在那里我正在进行发现阶段的研究. 一开始我很紧张，因为我不确定我是否有必要的技能来完成分配给我的任务. 刚开始不久, 然而, 我意识到我在学术上遵循的许多过程与现在所要求的相似.
When writing my thesis at university, 我不得不阅读数百篇不同的文章和书籍节选，以确保我了解这个主题的当前概况. This is very similar to the start of a discovery phase, 你在哪里对一个组织必须解决的问题或挑战进行桌面研究.
The vast amounts of support provided through InformedACADEMY™ 针对, coaching and colleague guidance, and engaging Communities of Practice, have meant that I have been able to develop different, innovative ideas and processes to conduct research and analysis.
学习呈现
Starting out in consultancy, 我知道，向客户展示并与客户互动是我必须接受的事情. I had only ever had to present to groups of up to 15 people throughout my time at university, 这种经历经常让我感到紧张，担心我不能清晰地表达自己的想法.
在我的Informed旅程的早期，我很快开始与我们正在设计的服务的客户和用户进行接触. 我必须进行互动的规模开始增加，并在我被要求向公众展示我对医疗保健项目的研究结果时达到高潮. The thought of being on a livestream to an unknown number of people certainly made me anxious, but I was also excited to present months of hard work.
Being in such a collaborative environment, 团队内外的几位同事允许我和他们一起练习，并向我提供了一些建议，告诉我如何让练习更有吸引力. 我得到的支持使我在向一百多人展示至关重要的研究成果时感到自信、清晰和简洁.
Could Digital Consultancy Be for You?
I’m thrilled that I took the leap into digital consultancy, 它给了我如此丰富的经验，让我能够为那些对人们的生活产生巨大影响的项目做出贡献.
政治和人文学科可能不是Informed毕业生中最常见的学位, or within the technical sector as a whole, 但我在研究生项目上的经历让我意识到，你不需要一个计算机科学或类似的学位来培养你对数字的热情和技能.
Could you be a part of our next graduate cohort?
To learn more about the Informed Graduate Scheme go to: http://www.informed.com/careers/graduate-programme/
