Experienced hire

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I joined Ernst & Young four-and-a-half years ago, but I came from both the public and charitable sectors, so I used to work for a government department looking after education; and then I worked for a number of charities that helped young people better themselves and further themselves, be it through a career or further education. And the thing that really attracted me about Ernst & Young, the job within Corporate Responsibility, was it was a brand new role within the business; it was an opportunity to further develop what I already did in terms of developing young people in a massive organisation. So the resources that you have here, the opportunities that you have here, the diversity of the people in terms of experiences and cultures, is absolutely fantastic for the type of work that we do in helping young people achieve their potential.

The beauty of moving over- sort of stepping over the fence, in a way- was that it meant that the job that I did in the past actually linked with a lot of corporate sector, but moving across into the private field meant that I could sort of develop a programme from within. And ultimately the private sector has more resource and more opportunity to put more back into the community; and by being on the other side of the fence I felt I could make a bigger difference.